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SEAT WORK 

AND 

SENSE TRAINING 



BY 

CHRISTIANA S. MOUNT 



EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHING COMPANY 

BOSTON 
New York Chicago San Francisco 



Copyright, 1910 

BY 

CHRISTIANA S. MOUNT 



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CONTENTS 



Introduction 7 

FIRST DAY 

Seat Work 1 1 

Sense Training (The Cat) ii 

Poem (Three in a Bed) 13 

Game (To London) 14 

SECOND DAY 

Seat Work 15 

Sense Training and Language 

(Birds) 15 

Finger Play (Little Birdie) 17 

THIRD DAY 

Seat Work 19 

Sense Training Game 19 

Language (Observation and Com- 
parison) 20 

FOURTH DAY 

Seat Work 21 

Game 21 

Language (The Cow) 22 

Poem (The Cow) 22 

FIFTH DAY 

Seat Work 24 

Sense Training and Language 

(The Pear) 24 

Game 25 

Riddle (The Pear) 25 

SIXTH DAY 

Seat Work 26 

Sense Training and Language 

(The Dog) 26 

Game 28 

Poem (Fido and His Master) 28 

Device for Word and Sound 

Drill 29 

SEVENTH DAY 

Seat Work 30 

Device for Drill 30 

Motion Song 31 

EIGHTH DAY 

Seat Work 32 

Sense Training and Language 

(Fruit) 32 

Device for Word or Sound Drill 33 
Song (Bean Bag) 
NINTH DAY 

Seat Work 34 

Language (Right and Left) 34 

TENTH DAY 

Seat Work 37 

Sense Training (Right and Left) 37 

Game and Device FOR Drill 38 

Song (Hold Up the Right Hand) . . 39 

ELEVENTH DAY 

Seat Work 40 

Sense Training (Back and Front) 40 

Device for Drill 40 

Song (Hold Up the Right Hand) . . 41 



TWELFTH DAY 

Seat Work 42 

Sense Training (East and West) . . 43 

Game 44 

Device for Drill 44 

THIRTEENTH DAY 

Seat Work 45 

Sense Training and Language . . 46 

Device for Drill 46 

FOURTEENTH DAY 

Seat Work 47 

Sense Training and Language . . 47 

Game (Cat and Mice) 47 

Device for Drill 48 

FIFTEENTH DAY 

Seat Work 49 

Sense Training and Language 

(North) 49 

Device for Drill 50 

SIXTEENTH DAY 

Seat Work 51 

Sense Training Game 51 

Device for Drill 52 

SEVENTEENTH DAY 

Seat Work 53 

Sense Training (Comparison) 54 

Game (What Children Can Do) ... 55 

EIGHTEENTH DAY 

Seat Work 58 

Language (Wheat) 59 

Device for Review 59 

Game and Song (JollyjMiller) ... 60 

Rhyme 60 

NINETEENTH DAY 

Seat Work 61 

Game (Little Boy Blue) 61 

Device for Drill 62 

TWENTIETH DAY 

Seat Work 63 

Game (The Frolicsome Man) ... 63 

TWENTY-FIRST DAY 

Seat Work 65 

Sense Training and Device for 

Drill (Hearing) 65 

Game (The Mill) 66 

Poem (The Mill Wheel) 67 

TWENTY-SECOND DAY 

Seat Work 68 

Sense Training (Touch) 69 

Language 69 

Device for Reading Drill .. 69 

TWENTY-THIRD DAY 

Seat Work 70 

Sense Training and Language . 70 

Game (Gathering Apples) 71 

Device for Drill 71 

Song (The Apple) 72 

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CONTENTS 



TWENTY-FOURTH DAY 

Seat Work 73 

Sense Training (Observation) . 73 

Device for Drill 73 

Rhyme (Days of the Week) 74 

TWENTY-FIFTH DAY 

Seat Work 75 

Motion Song (Out of the Window) 75 

Device for Drill 76 

TWENTY-SIXTH DAY 

Seat Work 77 

Sense Training 77 

Game (The Ball) 77 

TWENTY-SEVENTH DAY 

Sense Training Game (Hide and 

Seek) 78 

Language (Days of the Week) ... 78 

TWENTY-EIGHTH DAY 

Seat Work 79 

Sense Training and Language . 79 

Game (Town Musicians) 79 

TWENTY-NINTH DAY 

Seat Work 8 

Sense Training (Touch) 8^ 

Game (Spin the Platter) 8^ 

Device for Drill 82 

THIRTIETH DAY 

Seat Work 83 

Language (Use of Saw) 8^ 

Song Game (Rabbit in the Hollow) 8^ 

THIRTY -FIRST DAY 

Seat Work 85 

Sense Tkaining (Touch) 85 

Game and DRILL 85 

THIRTY-SECOND DAY 

Seat Work 87 

Game and Drill 87 

Mntion Song 88 

THIRTY -THIRD DAY 

Seat Work 89 

Sense Training Game (Touch) . . 89 

Device for Drill 9° 

THIRTY-FOURTH DAY 

Seat Work 9i 

Language (The School) 9i 

Game (Birds) 92 

THIRTY-FIFTH DAY 

Seat Work 93 

Sense Training (Hearing) 93 

Device for Drill 93 

Stanza (Autumn) 94 

THIRTY-SIXTH DAY 

Seat Work 95 

Sense Training and Drill 

(Memory Test) 95 

Language - 95 

Finger Play (Rhyme of the Week) 96 



THIRTY-SEVENTH DAY 

Seat Work 99 

Sense Training and Language 

(Leaves) 99 

Poem (Sleepy Leaves) 100 

THIRTY-EIGHTH DAY 

Seat Work loi 

Sense Training Game (Hearing) loi 
Device for a Reading Drill . . . 102 

THIRTY-NINTH DAY 

Seat Work 103 

Sense Training 103 

Language (Comparison of Adjec- 
tives) 103 

Game (The King's Chest) 104 

FORTIETH DAY 

Seat Work 106 

Game and Drill 107 

Language (Reproduction) 107 

FORTY-FIRST DAY 

Seat Work 108 

Sense Training (Comparison) . 108 

Game 109 

Device for Drill no 

FORTY-SECOND DAY 

Seat Work in 

Sense Training (Concentration) in 

Game in 

Device for Drill 112 

Poem (Autumn) 112 

FORTY-THIRD DAY 
Seat Work 113 

Language (The Question) 113 

Game (Follow My Leader) 114 

FORTY-FOURTH DAY 

Seat Work 115 

Sense Training (Hearing, Mem- 
ory) IIS 

Device for Drill 116 

Game (I Spy) 116 

FORTY-FIFTH DAY 

Seat Work 117 

Sense Training 117 

Game (Red and Blue) 118 

FORTY-SIXTH DAY 

Seat Work (Color) 119 

Sense Training and Language 

(Color ) 119 

Device for Drill 119 

FORTY-SEVENTH DAY 

Seat Work 120 

Game (Colors) 121 

FORTY-EIGHTH DAY 
Seat Work 123 

Sense Training and Language 

(Color Continued) 123 

Device for Drill 123 



CONTENTS 



FORTY-NINTH DAY 
Seat Work 124 

Sense Training (Color) 124 

Device for Drill 125 

FIFTIETH DAY 
Seat Work 126 

Sense Training and Language 
(Tints) 126 

FIFTY-FIRST DAY TO FIFTY- 
FIFTH DAY 

Seat Work 127 

Language (The Word) 127 

Memory Gem 127 

FIFTY-SIXTH DAY 

Seat Work (Color) 130 

Language (The Soldier) 130 

Game (Soldiers) 130 

FIFTY-SEVENTH DAY 
Seat Work 131 

Motion Song (Fife and Drum) .. 131 

FIFTY-EIGHTH DAY 

Seat Work 133 

Sense Training (Direction) 133 

Language (Picture Lesson) 134 

Poem (The Row Boat and the 

Water Lilies) 135 

FIFTY -NINTH DAY 

Seat Work 137 

Language (The Horse) 137 

Emperor William's Maxims . . . 138 

Device for Drill 139 

SIXTIETH DAY 

Seat Work 140 

Device for Drill 140 

SIXTY-FIRST DAY 

Seat Work 140 

Sense Training (Touch, taste, 

smell) 141 

Device for Drill 141 

Riddles 141 

SIXTY-SECOND DAY 

Seat Work 144 

Language (The Rain) 144 

Action Poem 145 

Song (The Rain) 146 

SIXTY-THIRD DAY 

Seat Work 147 

Device for Drill 147 

SIXTY-FOURTH DAY 

Seat Work 148 

Device for Drill 148 

SIXTY-FIFTH DAY 
Seat Work 194 

Sense Training (Measurement) . . 149 
Language (The Farmer's Work) 149 
Game (Farmer's Daughter) 151 



SIXTY-SIXTH DAY 

Seat Work 153 

Sense Training (Touch) 153 

Language (Snow) 153 

Device for Drill 154 

The Weaver (Poem) 154 

SIXTY-SEVENTH DAY 

Seat Work 155 

Device FOR Drill 15s 

The Snow Storm (Motion Piece) 155 

SIXTY-EIGHTH DAY 

Seat Work iS7 

Sense Training 157 

Language (The Months) 157 

Poem (The Procession of the 

Months) 158 

SIXTY-NINTH DAY 

Seat Work 159 

Game (The Months) iS9 

Device for Drill 160 

SEVENTIETH DAY 

Seat Work 161 

Game 161 

SEVENTY-FIRST DAY 

Seat Work 162 

Sense Training (Hard Touch and 
Soft) 162 

SEVENTY-SECOND DAY 

Seat Work 163 

Sense Training (Taste and Smell) 163 
Finger Play (The Cake) 163 

SEVENTY-THIRD DAY 
Seat Work 165 

Language (The Sheep) 165 

Game (Shepherd and His Flock) . . 166 

SEVENTY-FOURTH DAY 

Seat Work 167 

Sense Training (Sight and Touch) 167 

Device for Drill 167 

Nursery Song 168 

SEVENTY-FIFTH DAY 

Seat Work 169 

Sense Training and Language . 169 
Game (Simon says "Thumbs Up") 169 
Device for Drill 169 

SEVENTY-SIXTH DAY 
Seat Work 170 

Language (The Seasons) 1 70 

SEVENTY-SEVENTH DAY 

Seat Work 171 

Sense Training (Comparison) . 171 

Song of the Seasons 172 

Game 173 

Device FOR Alphabet Drills .. 173 



CONTENTS 



SEVENTY-EIGHTH DAY 

Seat Work 174 

Language (Color) 174 

Device 17S 

Song of the Cotton 175 

SEVENTY-NINTH DAY 

Seat Work 177 

Game (Round the Valley) 177 

EIGHTIETH DAY 
Seat Work 179 

Sense Training 179 

Language (Use of Pronouns) 179 

Song (A-rowing) 180 

EIGHTY-FIRST DAY 

Seat Work 182 

Sense Training 182 

Language (The Bee) 182 

Poem (The Busy Bee) 183 

EIGHTY-SECOND DAY 

Seat Work 184 

Game 184 

Device for Drill 184 

EIGHTY-THIRD DAY 

Seat Work 185 

Language (See and Saw) 185 

Device for Review 185 

Action Poem (The Rosebud) . . . 185 

EIGHTY-FOURTH DAY 

Seat Work 188 

Game (Tit-tat-toe) 188 

Device for Drill 188 

Our Sunbeam 189 

EIGHTY-FIFTH DAY 

Seat Work 192 

Language (This — that) 192 

EIGHTY-SIXTH DAY 
Seat Work 193 

Language (Kindness to the Aged) 194 
Device for Review 194 

EIGHTY-SEVENTH DAY 

Seat Work 195 

Language (Kindness to Animals) 19s 

Game (Potota Race) 195 

Device 19S 

Action Poem (The Poppies) 196 

EIGHTY-EIGHTH DAY 

Seat Work 197 

Language 197 

Device for Review 197 

EIGHTY-NINTH DAY 

Seat Work 198 

Language (A Memory Ciem) — 198 



NINETIETH DAY 

Seat Work 200 

Language (The Fish) 200 

Device for Drill 202 

NINETY-FIRST DAY 

Seat Work 203 

Action Poem (The Three Little 
Fishes) 203 

NINETY-SECOND DAY 

Seat Work 205 

Sense Training 205 

Language (The Dandelion) 205 

NINETY-THIRD DAY 

Seat Work 208 

Device for Drill 208 

Poem (The Dandelion) 208 

NINETY-FOURTH DAY 

Seat Work 210 

Sense Training and Device for 
Review 210 

Language (The Dragon Fly) ... 210 

NINETY-FIFTH DAY 

Seat Work 213 

Device for Drill 213 

NINETY-SIXTH DAY 

Seat Work 214 

Language Game 214 

Device for Drill 214 

Ninety-Seventh Day 

Seat Work 215 

Language (Birds) 215 

Device for Drill 216 

The Ten Birds (Finger Play) .. 216 

NINETY-EIGHTH DAY 

Seat Work 217 

Sense Training (Hearing) 217 

Language (Time) 217 

Game (The Clock) 217 

NINETY-NINTH DAY 

Seat Work 219 

Language (The Clock Continued) 219 

Device for Drill 219 

Memory Gem 220 

ONE HUNDREDTH DAY 

Seat Work 221 

Language (The Butterfly) 221 

Device for Drill 222 

Action Poem (Butterflies) 222 

Poem (Butterflies) 223 



INTRODUCTION 

Seat Work 
" The busy have no time jor tears''^ 

The problems of the teachers of ungraded schools are 
many, but the most difficult is to devise profitable and 
suitable employment for the pupils during their leisure 
hours. 

The seat work must be interesting, full of purpose and 
attractive. It must test the child's knowledge and skill 
in connection with his former lessons. If it results in a 
clearer perception of some past lesson, or added develop- 
ment of the faculties, it is good ; if it only fills up time, 
it is useless. 

Sense Training 

Sense training plays an important part in primary work. 
Pupils form their later concepts from their earlier per- 
cepts. These sense products become the foundation for 
the images of memory and imagination, so that by train- 
ing the child's senses we add materially to the clearness 
and strength of the thoughts and judgments which help 
him to become a more perfect product in after life. 

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8 Introduction 

Games 

Sense training may be made more interesting by means 
of games. In order to have any educational value these 
games must require mental efforts and have a hygienic 
and recreative value. Some of the games in this book 
are to be played out of -doors; others in the school-room. 
A few are for relaxation, but the majority have for their 
purpose the development of some faculty or the enlarge- 
ment of some sphere of thought. 

Paper Cutting 

Paper cutting is valuable to the development of the 
child because it aids him to form clearer images of the 
objects cut, trains the eye, and develops the muscles of 
the hand. 

Sewing, folding, drawing, and modelling help to de- 
velop the idea of form. The power to use material leads 
to a feeling of independence in thought and action which 
will later result in a self-reliant attitude toward the prob- 
lems of life. 

Suggestions 

Spool boxes or manila envelopes are invaluable for 
preserving material. 

Chalk boxes form excellent receptacles for scissors. 

Wooden butter plates make good platters for passing 
lentils, split peas, pegs, etc. 

Backs of pads are excellent for mounting paper cuttings. 

As new words are developed write them upon small 
cards and give them to each child for his vocabulary 
box. The hektograph will be of great assistance in pre- 



Introduction 9 

paring this work. Older pupils will gladly aid the 
teacher. As soon as the smaller pupils begin to write 
well allow them to prepare their own work. Care must 
be taken to inspect the work before it is placed in the 
boxes. 

Number each box and its contents to avoid confusion. 

Select pupils for monitors who have earned the right 
by excellent lessons and good behavior. Try to throw 
as much responsibility upon the pupils as possible. 

Explain the seat work carefully so that pupils may know 
what is required of them. 

Take time to look over it before it is put away. A 
glance or a word of admonition or praise will be sufficient, 
but it will make each pupil feel that his efforts have not 
been wasted. 

Never continue a lesson or a game after the majority 
of pupils have become proficient in it. It may be ad- 
visable to return to it again, but there must be steady 
progression in school work as in all other walks of life. 

Insist upon diligence and attention with no waste of 
materials or time. There must be prompt action and 
independent work, with no dawdling. Enforce the rule 
against copying or interfering with the neighbors. Make 
every lesson count in increased skill and independence of 
thought, and action, and discipline will be reduced to a 
minimum. 

It is not intended that all the material given is to be 
used in one day. The teacher must select that which 
will be of use to her in her daily work. 

Thanks are due to the Educational Publishing Com- 
pany, the American Book Company and Miss Eleanor 
Smith for the use of poems, games and motion songs. 



SEAT WORK 
AND SENSE TRAINING 



FIRST DAY 
Seat Work 

Cut along the blue lines of writing paper. 

Outline with pegs or lentils the new word 
which the teacher has written in a large hand 
on cardboard or thick wrapping paper. 

Prick the outline of the new word, which 
has been written on paper or heavy wrapping 
paper. 

Preserve these cards which the children 
prick, to be used as sewing cards later. 



Sense Training "The Cat" 



Ask the pupils to bring pictures of cats, or 
try to secure a pet cat. 



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Outline 
Sight 

General appearance 
Head 

Eyes — shape — color — keenness of 

vision 
Mouth — teeth — tongue — uses 
Nose — keen sense of smell 
Whiskers — uses 
Body 

Covering — color 
Legs 

Feet — toes, etc. 
Touch 
Smooth, soft 

Hearing 

Mewing — growling — purring — Reasons 
for the different sounds 

Care of the Young 
Habits 

Language 

(In connection with the sense training.) 
Question to obtain the following: 

The boy has He has 

I see The girls have 

There is It is 



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Seat Work and Sense Training 13 



Three in a Bed 

Gay little velvet coats, 

One, two, three! 
Any home happier 

Could there be? 
Topsy and Tabby 

And Sleepy-head 
Purring so cozily — 

Three in a bed! 



Woe to the stupid mouse 

Prowling about. 
Old Mother Pussy 

Is on the lookout, 
Little cats, big cats, 

All must be fed. 
In the sky-parlor. 

Three in a bed! 



Mother's a gypsy puss — 

Often she moves. 
Thinking much travel 

Her children improves 
High-minded family, 

Very well-bred. 
No falling out you see! 

Three in a bed! 



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Game 

To London 

Pupils select a queen, her court, a cat, and a very small 

child for the mouse. 

The queen seats herself in state surrounded by her 

court. The mouse enters and runs around unobserved. 

The cat pays a visit to the queen, discovers the mouse and 

frightens it under the queen's chair. The queen and 

court run to their seats. The cat leaves the room. The 

mouse steals away. 

Pupils call "Come Puss, Puss, Puss." 

{Puss enters) 

Pupils sing ''Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat, where have you 

been?" 

Cat "I've been to London to see the queen." 
Pupils " Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat, what did you there ? " 
Puss 'T frightened a little mouse under her chair." 
Pupils {shaking their fingers at Puss) 0-0-0 — naughty 

Pussy, Pussy, Pussy! 



SECOND DAY 

Seat Work 

Give each pupil a ruler. Show the pupils an 
inch. Let them lay sticks an inch apart, either 
horizontally or perpendicularly. 

Pupils outline with pegs or lentils a large 
numeral which the teacher has written upon 
cardboard or heavy wrapping paper. Be care- 
ful to make a cross at the proper place for the 
pupil to begin. 

Cut figures from fashion books, furniture, seed 
and flower catalogues. Object — the training 
of the muscles of the eye and hand. 

Sense Training and Language 

Review the lesson on the cat. 

or 

Qualities of birds discovered by the senses. 
Obtain a tame pigeon or a canary. 

Outline 

Sight 

Appearance 

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Size 

Shape 

Color 

Covering 

Head 

Eyes 

Ears 

Bill — reasons for shape 
Body 

Wings — tail — their uses 
Feet 

Legs — number of claws — Reasons for 
shape — Use 
Touch 

Soft — smooth 

Hearing 
Its call 

Language 

Question to obtain the following statements: 

The bird can fly — walk — sing, etc. 

I have seen 

There are 

We have 

The bird is 



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Colored pictures of birds. Show each one 
separately to the children. Require them to 
state: 

The number of birds (three will be sufficient 
at first). 

Color of the birds. 

Order in which they were shown, etc. 

Insist upon complete statements. Try to 
vary the form as much as possible. 

Finger Play 

Once a little birdie {Raise right thumb) 

Sat upon a tree. {Hold out arm) 

I asked the little birdie 
To come and live with me. 

{Look up and beckon) 

You shall have a pleasant home, 
And a cage both clean and sweet, 

{Make a cage with -fingers) 

There'll be seeds and many good things 
Just for you to eat. 

There'll be some nice smooth perches 
Like the branches of the trees, 

{Hold out fingers) 
And a tiny swing to sway you. 
Just like a summer breeze. 

{Sway hand back and jorth) 



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Little birdie looked at me, 

{Thumb peep over the fingers) 
And gently shook his head. 

{Shake thumb) 
"Thank you very kindly, 

But I'd rather not," he said. 

"I love the pretty cool green trees, 
The lovely summer day." 
Then birdie spread his pretty wings. 
And swiftly flew away. 

{Motion oj flying) 



THIRD DAY 

Seat Work 

Try to cut squares. 

Place these squares in horizontal or perpen- 
dicular lines. 

Fold a window, or a shawl, or a book. 

Outline the figure of a boy. Find his name 
in the vocabulary box. (The teacher must write 
it on the board in order to assist the pupils 
in recognizing it.) Paste the name under the 
outlined figure. 

Sense Training Game 

Observation — Concentration 

Show several cards containing the new words 
or sounds. Have the children visualize care- 
fully. Send a few from the room. Allow 
some of the remaining pupils to hide the cards. 
Recall the pupils who were sent out. They are 
to find the cards. As soon as each pupil has 
discovered a word he takes his seat. When 
all or the majority have found the cards have 

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them taken from their hiding places. Each 
pupil must repeat the one he has found or call 
upon someone else to do so. Continue hiding 
and finding the cards until the interest flags. 

Language {Observation and comparison of some 
object) 

Type Lesson 

Ask the pupils to bring fans to school. 
Question to find what can be done with the 
fan. Color — material. 

How the fans resemble each other. 
How they differ. 



FOURTH DAY 

Seat Work 

Outline triangles of diffeient sizes and shapes. 

Cut triangles. 

Make a border of them. 

Make a border of squares and triangles. 

Outline or prick some of the new words. The 
teacher must write them in a large hand upon 
cardboard or heavy wrapping paper for this 
work. Select the difficult words for this. 

Game [To cultivate quickness of action.) 

Teacher counts i, 2, 3, etc. The pupils rise 
by rows, one after the other in regular order. 
The row which completes the exercise first, 
wins. The head one may choose a prisoner 
from the losing side. Reverse the order some- 
times by giving the order to rise in a body, 
then seat themselves by rows from left to right. 

The row seated first wins. 

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Language 

Picture of a cow. Card containing articles 
obtained from the cow and its kind, such as 
buttons, comb, ^gg spoon, leather, glue, etc. 
Perhaps a sample of milk, cheese, cream and 
butter upon the teacher's desk. 

If the pupils live in the country they will be 
able to tell by 

Sight — Shape, size and color of the cow. 
Hearing — Sound made by the cow. 
Touch — Whether the hide is smooth or soft. 
Smell — Of the butter, cheese, milk. 
Taste — Of the milk, butter, cheese. 

Mother Goose Rhyme 

Hey diddle, diddle, 

The cat and the fiddle, etc. 



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The Cow 

Thank you, pretty cow, that made 
Pleasant milk to soak my bread; 
Every morn and every night, 
Warm and sweet, and pure and white. 

Do not chew the hemlock rank, 
Growing on the mossy bank, 



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But the yellow cowslip eat, 
That will make it very sweet. 

Where the bubbling water flows, 
Where the purple violet grows, 
Where the grass is fresh and fine, 
Pretty cow, go there and dine. 



FIFTH DAY 
Seat Work 

Cut oblongs. 

Sort colored sticks according to size. 

Place all duplicate words or sounds together. 

Make with sticks or lentils a house or a barn, 
or a door, or a window. 

Give each pupil a hektographed picture of 
the reading lesson. Call upon one of the older 
pupils to help the little ones arrange the lesson 
from the words in their boxes. 

Sense Training and Language 

Qualities of the pear discovered by the senses: 

Sight — The color, shape, general appearance. 

Hearing — Detect difference in sound made 
by dropping from one hand to another or from 
hand to the desk, etc. 

Smell — Fragrant. 

Touch — Smooth, cold, hard, soft. 

Taste — Sweet, sour. 

Insist upon complete statement. By skillful 
questioning the answers may be varied and the 

pupils led to make the following statements: 

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Seat Work and Sense Training 25 

This is a pear. 
It grew — 
Its color is 
The boy has 

Game 

Pupils stand in a circle holding hands. The teacher 
stands outside the circle. The children dance round 
singing : 

We dance around in a circle, 
We are so bright and gay, 
Oh, which one is the fairest? 
Please, teacher, teacher, say. 

The teacher names the fairest. The chosen one turns 
and faces outward. The children move round again 
singing: 

Pretty , pretty , 

Turn thy pretty face away, 

Pretty , pretty , 

If you're good you may stay. 

The circle continues to revolve until all have been chosen. 

Riddle 

I am fragrant, juicy, fair, 
I've a taste so rich and rare; 
My coat is sometimes green, 
Sometimes yellow it is seen. 
I've a heart with you to share, 
With brown seeds hidden there. 
Who will guess me? Now take care. 
I'm one — but still — a pear. 



SIXTH DAY 

Seat Work 

Outline boat, chairs, tables and different arti- 
cles of furniture with sticks. 

Measure and cut squares and oblongs. 

Make borders of the squares, oblongs, triangles 
already made. 

Sew the principal object depicted in the 
reading lesson. For instance, if it is a dog — • 
first sew the figure of the dog, then his house, 
his collar, the dish for his food. Fold a 
kennel. 

Match sentences. 

Sense Training {Observation — Comparison) 

Ask the pupils to bring pictures of dogs. Try 
to secure a pet dog. 

Outline 

Size, shape 

Resemblance to a cat 

Difference 

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Head 

Its parts 

Compare with the head of a cat 
Compare eyes, teeth, ears, tongue 
Compare heads of different breeds of dogs 
by means of pictures 

Body 

Its parts — covering 
Tail 

Compare body of cat and dog 
Sounds made by dogs — meaning of different 

sounds — as anger, pleasure, etc. 
Habits of dogs 
Dogs of other countries 

Try to bring out the characteristics of dogs. 
Their intelligence, fidelity, gratitude, 
obedience 

Rhyme "Old Mother Hubbard." 

Stories " Story of Gelert." " Story of Barry." 

Language 

Question to obtain the following statements: 

Here is Its head is 

It is my Its color is 

The dog can The feet are 



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Game 

Select a dealer and a buyer. 

Give each member of the class the name of a dog. If 
the class is large repeat the names. 

Buyer I wish to buy a dog. 

Dealer What kind of a dog? 

Buyer A greyhound. 

As soon as the name is mentioned the child having that 
name runs to a certain point. If the buyer catches him 
before he reaches the goal, the ''dog" takes the dealers' 
place. 

FiDO AND His Master 

"Come, come, my pretty Fido, 

Come, come here, I say." 
''No, no, my little master, 

Do please let me stay; 

Here on the warm rug I 

Lie softly and snugly, 
A sleeping, sleeping, sleeping with Tray." 

"Come, come, my pretty Fido, 

Stand up for some sport 1" 
"No, no, my little master, 

I'd much rather not, 

I hate such a riot. 

Do let me be quiet, 
A dreaming, dreaming, dreaming so sweet." 

"Come, come, my little Fido, 

Come here for some meat!" 
"Yes, yes, my little master, 

It smells good and sweet. 



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I long to begin it, 
I come, then, this minute, 
I think it, think it, think it a treat." 

Device for drill on words or sounds 

Tell each child to draw a bag upon his paper. 
The teacher draws a large bag upon the board. 
The pupils name words from a list upon the 
board or from cards. If a pupil repeats a word 
correctly each child must write it in his bag; 
if the pupil fails, the teacher writes the word 
in her bag. At the close of the drill each child 
who failed must try to take his word out of the 
teacher's bag by repeating it correctly. 



SEVENTH DAY 
Seat Work 

Cut oblongs and write a figure in each. 





Sort colored worsted according to color. 

Make triangles and turn them into tents by 
cutting flaps. 

Outline and sew the principal object in 
the lesson. 

Sense Training 

Repeat some one of the former lessons. 

Language 

Continue the lesson on the dog. 

Device for drill on words or sounds 

Draw a tight-rope on the board. Write words 
or sounds upon the rope. Pupils walk across 

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by repeating the words or sounds. If they miss 
they are supposed to fall off. 

Motion Song 

(Music in "Motion Songs" published by Educational 
Publishing Company.) 



Clap, clap altogether, ^ 

Clap, clap away; 
This is the way we exercise 

In our public school to-day. 

Shoot, shoot altogether, 

Shoot, shoot away; 
This is the way we exercise 

In our public school to-day. 

(The song continues, using the motions of turning, wav- 
ing the hands, marking time, etc.) 



EIGHTH DAY 

Seat Work 

Draw and cut out circles. 
Make a horizontal row of circles. 
Make a perpendicular row of circles. 
Measure and cut squares of given dimensions. 
Sew some of the words pricked in the previous 
lessons. 

Sense Training and Language 

Comparison between fruits. 
Ask the pupils to bring fruits. 
Compare the fruit as to 

Size 

Shape 

Color 

Taste 

Odor 

Notice the similarity — the difference. 
Require complete statements for answers. 
Qualities discovered by the senses — sight, 

taste, smell. 

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Ask the pupils to close their eyes and detect 
the fruit by touch, taste, smell. 

Device for drill on words or sounds 

Give a beanbag to one child — cards contain- 
ing sounds to another. The child holding the 
beanbag throws it to a pupil. At the same time 
the child holding the cards shows one. The child 
to whom the bag is thrown must catch it and re- 
peat the word or sound, or pay a forfeit. The 
work must be rapid, otherwise the pupils will 
lose interest. 

Song 

Bean bag, bean bag, 
Play a game of bean bag; 
Throw it first to little B, 

Then to , then to me. 

Bean bag, bean bag, 
Play a game of bean bag. 



NINTH DAY 

Seat Work 

Sew some of the words pricked in the previous 
lessons. 

Measure and cut strips of paper into given 
lengths — fold into inches. 

Make a simple design with sticks. 

Fold a booklet — paste a few of the sounds or 
words in it. 

Language {Lesson on Right and Left) 

Teacher You may bring me a pencil, Ella. 

Teacher With what did Ella bring me the 
pencil, John ? 

Child Ella brought you the pencil in her 
hand. 

Teacher {to first Child) Show me the hand 
which brought the pencil. 

Child This is the hand which brought the 

pencil. 

Teacher You may face me, Ella. Raise the 
hand which brought the pencil. You may all 
raise the same hand. {The child must face the 

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same way as the class, otherwise the pupils will 
become confused.) 

Teacher (to another child) You may show me 
your pencil. Show me the hand you used. 

Teacher (to a hoy) You may show me your 
knife. Which hand held the knife ? 

Boy This hand held the knife. 

Continue giving directions until the children's 
attention is concentrated upon the right hand. 

Continue — 

How many hands have you ? 

You may all raise your hands. 

The children will naturally raise the right hand. 

That is not the hand I want. 

Why did you not raise the hand I wanted .? 

Elicit that the pupils did not know which 
hand the teacher wanted. 

Draw from them that each hand must have a 
name. Give the term "Right." 

Ask pupils to repeat the name. 

Write it upon the board. 

Have each pupil raise his right hand and re- 
peat, ''This is my right hand." 

Continue — 

What do you do with your right hand ? 



36 Seat Work and Sense Training 

Each time the pupil replies he must hold up 
his right hand and make a complete statement. 
Give thorough drill upon the right hand. 

Language 

Require complete statements. Vary the an- 
swers by skillful questioning. 



TENTH DAY 
Seat Work 

Lay some of the letters of the alphabet with 
sticks — 

M T A 

See how many times the pupil can find a cer- 
tain word on a page or in a list. Teach them 
how to look carefully and systematically. 

Make squares, oblongs, triangles, and write 
a figure in each. 

Sense Training 

Review the work of the right hand. 

Give the term left. 

Drill on it as for the right hand. 

Continue. 

Show me your right hand. Pupils do so 
stating, "This is my right hand." 

Teacher Show me your right ear. Which 
is your left ear ? Point to your left eye. Show 
me your right one. 

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38 Seat Work and Sense Training 

Continue naming the different parts of the 
body until the pupils do so rapidly. 

Further drill 

Point to the right side of your desk. 

Point to the right side of the room. 

Who sits at your left ? 

Who sits at your right } 

Walk to the left side of the room. 

Name the things on the left side of the room. 

On which side of the room is the door .? 

Close with a rapid drill on left and right. 

Game and device for word or sound drill 

Draw a large square upon the board. Divide 
it into sections. Write a different word or sound 
in each section. Send two or three pupils to the 
board with pointers. Tell them to close their 
eyes. 

The class sings: 

Tit, tat, toe. 

Around the square they go, 

Hit or miss, 

Stop at this. 

While the class is singing the pupils have 
moved their pointers over the square. At the 



Seat Work and Sense Training 39 

word "This" the children attempt to place the 
pointers upon a word or sound. The one who 
succeeds pronounces it, then chooses another 
pupil to take his place. 

Song 

Hold Up the Right Hand 

(From "Motion Songs," Educational Publishing Com- 
pany.) 

Hold up the right hand, 

Hold the left hand, 

Now hold up both. 

Then clap, clap, clap. 
Now let the blacksmith strike on the anvil, 
Now let the cobbler give his rap, tap, tap. 



ELEVENTH DAY 

Seat Work 

Weave a mat or make round one by coiling 
and sewing shoe-strings. 

Draw a flight of stairs or a ladder. Write 
a word or a sound upon each step. Just be- 
fore the work is put away ask the pupils to run 
up and down, to carry someone half way, to go 
to the top and bring someone down, etc. 

Sense Training 

Continue the drill upon left and right. 

Find objects on the left side of the room — the 
right. 

Introduce back and front in a lesson similar 
to those given for the development of right and 
left. Require complete statements. 

Device for word or sound drill 

Draw lanterns on the board. Place a word 

or sound in each. The pupil who can read the 

word or sound correctly is said to blow out the 

lantern. 

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Seat Work and Sense Training 41 

Song 

Hold Up the Right Hand 

(From "Motion Songs," Educational Publishing Com- 
pany.) 

Repeat the first verse. 
Teach : 

Cross arms to elbows, 

Straight keep the feet, 

The head upright. 
Now see the sailor pull at the rope, boys. 
Now watch the woodman wield his ax so bright. 

Chorus 

Clap, clap, bang, bang, rap, tap, tap, 

Clap, clap at play. 

Joyous and gay, 

Bang, bang. 

Rap, rap. 

Work, work away. 



TWELFTH DAY 

Seat Work 

Fold a book. Write the sounds, with a word 
containing each, as : 
f — fan; s — sit, etc. 
Lay pegs as follows: 

11+11 = 1111 

+11= III etc. 

If the Grube method is not used substitute 
some exercises from the regular method em- 
ployed. 

Sense Training and Language {continued) 

This lesson is not to be given unless the 
majority of pupils are reasonably sure of the 
terms left and right. 

Review right and left in every conceivable 
way. 

Send a pupil to the table to find the right and 

left sides. 

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Change her position. Tell her to show the 
right and left side again. Class note the differ- 
ence. 

Place two children facing each other. Tell 
them to go to the right. Call attention to the 
fact that they each moved in an opposite direc- 
tion. 

Send a child to the board. Ask him to point 
to the right. Change his position. Tell him 
to point to the right. Give many examples 
and lead the pupils to conclude that right and 
left depend upon the position in which they 
stand and that there must be certain fixed 
terms in order to locate places and things. 

Speak of the early morning in winter — the 
darkness. The reason for the darkness. After 
a while it becomes light. Why.? Ask how 
many have seen the sun rise. How many can 
point to the place. If they cannot, tell them. 
Give the name East if they are unable to do so. 
Drill on it. 

Pupils point to the east. Say, "We are point- 
ing to the east." 

Pupils walk to the east. Say, "We are walk- 
ing to the east." 

Pupils point to the east side of the room. 

Tell what is on the east wall. 

Face the east. 



44 Seat Work and Sense Training 

Continue the drill until the majority of them 
understand. 

Summary The sun seems to rise in the east. 

Game 

Players arrange themselves as for London 
Bridge. 

Sing 

Now the rain is falling down, falling down, falling down, 
Now the rain is falling down. 
And it's caught you. 

Instead of the tug-of-war at the end the pupils 
may have a grand march. Each half moving 
in opposite directions and weaving a chain when 
they meet. 

Device for word or sound drill 

A paper plate full of words. Pupils sing 
"Little Jack Horner," while they take turns 
in representing Jack. At the line, '*He put in 
his thumb," Jack selects a word. If he can 
read it he keeps it until the plate is empty. 
Each repeats his word and returns it to the 
plate. Failure to read a word involves finding 
the word in the lesson and trying to make out 
its meaning by reading the sentence. If he 
cannot the class may tell him. 



THIRTEENTH DAY 



Seat Work 

Cut or draw squares or circles. 
Mount and arrange as follows: 





one 



one 



OO 



two 



Copy some of the new words having similar 
endings. 



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Sense Training and Language 

Review right and left. 
Review east. 

Develop West, using the same method as for 
east. 

Require complete statements. 

Device for word or sound drill 

Divide the class as for a spelling match. 
Write the words quickly upon the board or show 
the perception cards. The pupils take turns 
in repeating the words as in a regular spelling 
match. A failure allows the captain of the 
winning side to choose from the losing side. 
The one who fails writes the word or sound 
neatly. At the close of the game the losers 
must recite correctly the words which they 
missed. 



FOURTEENTH DAY 

Seat Work 

Fold a piece of paper in columns of equal 
widths. Copy the words of the reading lesson 
neatly in the columns. Cut, and arrange in the 
sentences of the lesson. 

(Caution: Be sure to allow a few pupils to read 
the lesson aloud before placing the words in the 
vocabularly boxes.) 

Sense Training and Language 

Review east and west. 
Teach South. 



Kjame 

The Cat and the Mice 

Select several of the smallest pupils for mice; a large 
one for cat. The mice retire to the clothing closet. The 
cat enters the room, walks around, then curls down in a 
corner to sleep. The mice creep out and play about. 
The cat suddenly awakes, creeps forward and tries to 
catch one of the mice. The one caught becomes the 
cat. 

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48 Seat Work and Sense Training 

Device for drill on words or sounds 

Draw boxes upon the board. Write a word 
or sound in each. Tell the pupils the words 
are Jack-in-the-Boxes. The boxes may be 
opened by repeating the word or sound cor- 
rectly. 

Mother Goose Rhyme 

"Hickory, Dickory, Dock." 



FIFTEENTH DAY 



Seat Work 




one 



two 



Place all the words having the same sound 
together. The one who finishes first, wins. 

Try to copy the new words. 

Give each pupil a page from an old primer 
mounted on cardboard and an envelope con- 
taining duplicate words. Pupils match the 
words in the envelopes with the words on the 
page. 

Sense Training and Language 

Continue the review of east, west and south. 



Teach North. 



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50 Seat Work and Sense Training 

Device for word or sound drill 

Draw railroad tracks. Write words upon 
the tracks. Pupils pretend they are engines or 
trains. Mark off certain distances as stations. 
Tell a pupil to travel a certain distance or to a 
certain station — that is — repeat the words 
within a certain space. As soon as the first 
pupil stops another must take his place. Change 
the words often. Sometimes have two or three 
travel together. 



SIXTEENTH DAY 

Seat Work 

Sew some of the cards pricked in the previous 
lessons. 

Make a border with tablets. 

Draw triangles, circles, or squares as follows: 



0+0=00 

one and one are two 

A A+AA = 

two and two are 

A AAA 

four 



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Sense Training Game 

Send some of the pupils to the front of the 
room. Whisper a sound or word to each. 
Pupils take turns in performing actions which 
represent the sounds — the dove flaps its wings 
and coos, the engine puffs, the dog growls. 
The remainder of the pupils are to select the 
proper sounds from the cards which have been 
arranged along the blackboard ledge, and hand 
the card to the child who has impersonated the 
sound. 

Language in connection with the game 

The boy said . 

Nora said . 



Cora was an engine and said 



Device for word drill 

Trolley poles with words upon the wires to 
represent birds. The "Birds" fly away when 
named. 



SEVENTEENTH DAY 
Seat Work 

Give each pupil a small picture cut from some 
reader — mount, find the name in the vocabulary 
box, and paste or write it under the picture. 
The finished page or card will appear like this: 





drum 




kite 




ball 




cup 



* 



star 




cat 




flag 




pig 



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54 Seat Work and Sense Training 

Require each pupil to copy his name, then 
sign the paper. 

Sense Training 

Give a sHp containing one of the old words 
to each of several pupils. Write a list of these 
words upon the board, or place the cards upon 
the blackboard ledge. The pupils compare 
their slips with the Hst of cards, then go to the 
board and point to the word which corresponds 
to the slip, saying: 

I found . 

My word is . 



This word is . 

or 
Another pupil may say: 

Katie found . 

John's word is , etc. 

Game 

(Sung to the tune of "The Mulberry Bush") 

(Divide the hoys and girls) 
Teacher 

Oh, what can all the girls do? 
The girls do, 
The girls do? 
Oh, what can all the girls do, 
I should like to know. 



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Girls (Motions oj sewing) 

Oh, we can sew and we can bake, 
We can sew and we can bake, 
Oh, we can sew and we can bake, 
And that's what we can do. 

Each girl pointing to the one next to her 

That's her work and my work. 
That's her work and my work. 
That's her work and my work, 
And we help mother too. 

{Motions oj stirring a cake) 

This is the way we make a cake. 

Make a cake, 

Make a cake, 
This is the way we make a cake, 

Just so, so, so. 

First girl to second 

Is there anything else that you can do, 

You can do. 

You can do ? 
Is there anything else that you can do? 

Because I'd like to know. 

Second {Motions oj washing) 

This is way I wash my clothes. 

Wash my clothes. 

Wash my clothes, 
This is the way I wash my clothes. 
Do you think I wash them right? 



56 Seat Work and Sense Training 

First 

You wash them very nicely, 

Nicely, 

Nicely, 
You wash them very nicely, 
As well as I could do. 

Third Girl to Boys 

Now tell us what the boys can do, 

Boys can do, 

Boys can do, 
Now tell us what the boys can do, 
For we should like to know. 

Boys (matching) 

We can march and we can sing, 
We can march and we can sing, 
We can march and we can sing. 
And what do you think of that? 

Girls 

We like to see the marching. 

The marching, 

The marching. 
We like to see the marching, 
For you do it well 

Boys (shooting and fighting) 

We can shoot and we can fight. 

We can fight. 

We can fight. 
We can shoot and we can fight. 
And that's what you can't do. 



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Girls 

Girls weren't made to be soldiers, 

Soldiers, 

Soldiers, 
Girls weren't made to be soldiers. 
They were made to keep house. 

{Continue in this way, bringing in different actions jor 
the girls and hoys.) 

At last the teacher sings 

And is that all the children can do, 

Children can do, 

Children can do? 
Come tell me now. 

Children 

We can study every day. 
We know how to laugh and play; 
This is how we laugh and play, 
Ha! Hal Ha! 

{Dance in a circle.) 



EIGHTEENTH DAY 



Seat Work 

Select words having a certain number of letters. 

Make a list of them, using the vocabulary boxes. 

Arrange the names of the objects as follows: 



The boy has a ball. 




The apple is red. 



hen 



Is the hen eating ? 



Seat Work and Sense Training 59 

Language (Lesson on Wheat) 

Material 

Several heads of wheat, articles made from 
wheat, straw, etc. 
Facts 

Belongs to the grass family. 

Hollow stems. 

Spring wheat sown in the spring; winter 
wheat in the autumn. 
Heads — some bearded, some without beards. 

Green at first, but change to yellow as they 
ripen. 
When ripe, it is reaped, and tied into sheaves. 
Threshed — kernels beaten out of their shells. 
Shells called chaff. 
Stems 

Straw. 

Uses of straw. 

Kernels ground into flour. 

Outside of the kernels — bran. 

Ask pupils to bring articles made from wheat. 

Device for review 

Tents. Each tent containing a word which 
represents a soldier. If the pupils can repeat 
the words correctly, the soldiers may come out 
of their tents. 



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Game 

Jolly Miller 

Pupils march by twos in a circle. One representing 
the miller walks outside. As they utter the word ''grab" 
each one on the outside takes the partner behind. The 
miller must try to get a partner. If he succeeds the one 
bereft becomes the miller. 

Song 

There was a jolly miller, 

Who lived by himself, 
And all the money that he earned, 

He put upon a shelf. 
One hand on his wheel, 

One hand on his bag, 
As the mill wheel turns 

He makes his grab. 

Story ("The Little Red Hen") 

Rhyme 

Blow, winds, blow, 

And go, mill, go; 

That the miller may grind the wheat, 

Then the baker will take it 

And into bread make it. 

And bring it to us to eat. 






NINETEENTH DAY 

Seat Work 

Make little problems as follows: 

One cup and one cup are two cups. 

Cut string into certain lengths. 

Language 

Continue the lesson on Wheat. 



Kjame 

Little Boy Blue 

Pupils form a circle around one of their number who 

pretends to be asleep. 

Sing the nursery rhyme, "Little Boy Blue." 

Little Boy Blue awakens, touches one of the children, 

who must leave his place in the circle and run to the 

right. Boy Blue runs to the left. The object is to see 

which can reach the vacant place first. 

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Device for drill 



heard 



where 



put 



every 



what J 




Place difficult words on the steps. Pupils 
climb up by twos and threes. When they reach 
the top, they must read the sentence very quickly 
in order to get down. Change the words very 
often. 



TWENTIETH DAY 

Seat Work 

Stick laying as a drill upon the numbers 
Two and Three. 





A 



1 ^ 



Kjame 

{Children form a circle with one oj their number in the 
center.) 

The one in the center sings 

Hurrah, I am a frolicsome man 

A frolicsome man, 

A frolicsome man, 
Say can I fiddle ? Oh, yes I can, 

Yes I can, 
Fiddle dee deel Fiddle dee dee! 
Hum! Hum! Hum! 

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64 Seat Work and Sense Training 

Second Pupil 

Turn ye, twist ye, rum, turn, turn! 
Turn ye, twist ye, rum, tum, tum! 

Third Pupil 

Say can he fiddle? Oh, yes he can. 

While the first child is singing he dances round and goes 
through the motion of playing upon a violin. The circle 
revolving at the same time. 

At "turn ye, " etc,, each child takes a partner and turns. 

When the third child speaks each pupil turns to his 
neighbor and repeats: 

Say can he fiddle? Oh, yes he can. 



TWENTY-FIRST DAY 

Seat Work 

Cut the figures with which they are familiar 
from old calendars. Arrange in regular order. 
Copy carefully. 

Write the name after each. (The teacher 
must place the names of the figures upon the 
board for the pupils to copy.) 

Sense Training and Device for Drill 

{Hearing) 

Send a few pupils to the front of the room. 
Remainder of the pupils close their eyes. The 
pupils in front repeat words or sounds from the 
perception cards or from a list. The remainder 
of the pupils take turns in telling the name of 
the pupil who recited, then open their eyes and 
find the word which was repeated. 

Language 

Require complete statements in the Sense 
Training. Vary these statements by questioning, 
as: 

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66 Seat Work and Sense Training 

Who said "Boy"? 

What boy spoke or recited ? 

What did you hear ? 

Game 

The Mill 

Children form a wheel by clasping hands across. One 
child outside the wheel represents the miller. The wheel 
revolves while the miller walks round it. As the last line 
is sung the children unclasp hands, turn and clasp hands 
again. The miller tries to join hands with some one. 
If he succeeds the child who loses his partner becomes 
the miller. 



Song 



He's a jolly miller, 

No care he knows, 

As round his mill he gaily goes. 

Clack a clack, clack, so gaily it goes, 

Clack a clack, clack, so gaily it goes. 

(Pupils clap and turn) 



His work is useful, his work is right, 
And thus he keeps busy from morning till night. 
Clack- a- clack, clack, so gaily it goes, 
Clack-a-clack, clack, so gaily it goes, 
Come join in his labor and join in his song, 
And we will be merry all the day long. 



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Seat Work and Sense Training 67 



The Mill Wheel 

Round and round it goes, 

As fast the water flows, 

The dripping, dropping, rolling wheel, 

That turns the dusty noisy mill, 

Round and round it goes. 

Turning all the day. 

It never stops to play. 

The dripping, dropping, rolling wheel, 

But keeps on grinding golden meal, 

Turning all the day. 



TWENTY-SECOND DAY 

Seat Work 

Fold a box. Copy new and difficult words 
in columns. Cut and place in the boxes. As 
soon as each pupil can repeat the words in his 
box he may take it home. 

A piece of heavy paper or cardboard arranged 
as follows: 



The boy 


has 


a gun. 


Is 


the girl 


small ? 


See 


the bird 


fly! 



and an envelope containing the words written 
upon the card. Place the words from the 
envelope over the duplicate words upon the 
card, thus practically reconstructing the lesson. 

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Sense Training {Touch) 

Blindfold a few pupils. Distribute some of 
the coarsest sewing cards. The pupils are to 
endeavor to detect the figure upon the card by 
sense of touch. 

Language 

Colored pictures of animals. Pupils state 
the name of each animal, what it can do, what it 
eats, etc. 

Example 

Teacher {showing a picture of a horse) 
"What is this?" 

Pupil *'It is a horse." Or, "That is a 
horse." 

Teacher "What can it do .?" 

Pupil "It can run." 

Teacher " What does it eat ? " 

Pupil "It eats hay." 

Device for reading drill 

Pupils select their favorite lessons. Read 
the favorite of the greatest number. 



TWENTY-THIRD DAY 

Seat Work 

Sew, cut, draw, model an apple. 
Make a border of apples. 

Pupils select words or phrases from their 
reading lessons, using a list written upon the 
board for a guide. Write carefully on paper 
and place the number of the line beside it. 
This will necessitate a careful examination of 
the reading lesson. 

Example 

Line i — Kate. 
Line 5 — shall. 
Lines 4 and 6 — will have. 



Sense Training and Language 

Select apples from other fruit by sense of 
touch, taste, smell, sight. 

Require complete statements for answers. 

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G 



ame 



A few children with arms upraised to repre- 
sent trees. 

Others with baskets on their arms or aprons 
held up. 

The trees sway in the wind. Some of the 
children jump lightly to catch imaginary 
branches, others pretend to knock them off with 
sticks, some shake the trees, some gather the 
apples in imaginary aprons, or baskets, then 
empty into imaginary bushel baskets. 

Device for drill 

A tree with words or sounds for apples. 
Pupils pick by repeating correctly. 

Song "The Apple'' 
(See next page) 



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TWENTY-FOURTH DAY 

Seat Work 

Each pupil select his favorite lesson and make 
all or parts of it with his word cards. 
Copy the first three days of the week. 
Simple work in arithmetic. 

Sense Training (Observation) 

Pupils close eyes. The teacher passes quickly 
around the room and tells a few children to make 
some changes in the room. They do so quickly, 
then resume their seats. The other pupils 
open their eyes and tell what has been done. 

Language 

The days of the week. Insist upon com- 
plete statements. 

Device for word or sound drill 

Draw tops on the board. Write a word or 
sound in each. The children spin the tops by 
repeating the words or sounds correctly. 

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74 Seat Work and Sense Training 

Rhyme 

Monday's child is fair of face; 
Tuesday's child is full of grace; 
Wednesday's child is merry and glad; 
Thursday's child is sour and sad; 
Friday's child is loving and giving; 
Saturday's child must work for his living; 
But the child that is born on the Sabbath Day 
Is bright and bonny and good and gay. 



TWENTY-FIFTH DAY 

Seat Work 

Cut paper dolls from fashion magazines. 
Cut dresses, hats, etc., from mail order catalogues. 
Write the name upon each article, or, if that 
is not possible, mount on pad backs and write 
the name under each. 

Find the longest and shortest sentences in the 
reading lesson. (This will necessitate count- 
ing.) Copy the sentences. 

Motion Song 

Out or the Window 

(Music in ''Motion Songs," published by the Educa- 
tional Publishing Company.) 

Out of the window over the way, 
Saw I a cobbler, mending to-day. 

Thump went the hammer on 's shoe, 

*' Humph," said the cobbler, "I guess you'll do." 

Out of the window over the way, 

Saw I a tailor, sewing to-day. 

How did he do it? Why, to and fro. 

Ran his great needle through the cloth — so. 

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Out of the window, over the way, 

Saw I the children in school to-day. 

What were they doing ? Why, don't you know ? 

Writing straight letters on pages of snow. 

Out of the window, over the way, 
Soon will be closing the gates of the day, 
Then will the children in robes of white 
Sleepily murmur, "Good-night, Good-night." 

Device for word and sound drill 

Lanterns on the board. Light each lantern 
by repeating and writing a word or sound from 
a list or from the cards. 



TWENTY-SIXTH DAY 
Seat Work 

Distribute duplicate pictures of one of the 
reading lessons. The pupils must find the 
lesson in their reader to which the picture be- 
longs and make it with his word cards. If the 
lesson is long, make only a portion. At the 
conclusion call upon some of the dull pupils 
to read the lesson. 

Sense Training 

Ask the pupils to bring balls to school. Add 
a few colored ones. 

Pupils describe — compare — notice similar- 
ity — difference. 

Distinguish by sense of touch. Detect differ- 
ence in sound when dropped. 

Game 

{Two lines of pupils) 

Throw the ball back and forth using both 
hands. 

Throw the ball up, catch it, then throw to 
the opposite child. 

(This work must be done rapidly.) 

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TWENTY-SEVENTH DAY 

Seat Work 

Matching words. 

Arrange figures cut from calendars in regular 
order. 

Sort and place all duplicate figures together. 
Continue copying the days of the week. 

Sense Training Game 

Send one pupil from the room. Two pupils 
hide. The first pupil returns. First he must 
tell what pupils have hidden. Then he must 
find them. The class meanwhile sings, "Little 
Bo-peep.'" 

Language (The days of the week) 

Repeat. 

How many are there ? 
What is done on each day? 
Require complete statements. 

Game and Song (*'The Mulberry Bush"') 

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TWENTY-EIGHTH DAY 

Seat Work 

Find the new words. Copy the sentences 
containing them. 

Copy the days of the week. 

Copy some of the addition combinations. 

Sense Training and Language 

Colored pictures of fruit, animals and flowers 
upon the blackboard ledge. Select a few pupils, 
give each the name of an animal, flower, etc. 
The pupils are to select their picture from the 
others and make a statement about it. Vary by 
requiring them to ask questions of the pupils in 
their seats as: "What have I ? What is this ?" 

Game 

The Town Musicians 

(Translated from the German) 

Pupils stand in a line one hack oj the other. Leader faces 
the others and sings 

I am a fine musician and out of Bremen come 

I can blow so, so. {Imitates action oj blowing a horn) 

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Second pupil {turning to the third) 

He is a fine musician and has from Bremen come. 
He can blow so, so. {Repeating the action of the leader) 

Third 
I can fiddle so, so. {Action of playing on a violin) 

Fourth 

I can drum so, so. {Drumming) 
Trumpets I blow. {Blowing on a trumpet) 

{Continue in this way using the name oj different instru- 
ments.) 

Then altogether {marching) 

We are all fine musicians and out of Bremen come; 
We can blow, so so. 
We can fiddle so, so. 
Trumpets we blow, etc. 

{The first time the pupils all make the same gestures; 
the second time they each imitate a different instrument.) 



TWENTY-NINTH DAY 

Seat Work 

Cut flat irons, brooms, tubs, etc., from house- 
hold catalogues. Mount and write the names 
under each. 

Write the days of the week and place some 
article symbolical of the days beside each name. 



Monday 




Tuesday 




Sense Training {Touch) 

Recognize objects in the room by sense of 
touch. Require complete statements. 

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Game 

Choose sides as for a spelling match. Pin 
or give the name of a color to each pupil. If 
two children receive the same color the inter- 
est is heightened. The leader spins a tin or 
wooden plate and calls out the name of two 
colors. The owners of the colors must grasp 
the plate before it stops spinning. Failure 
to catch the plate before it stops results in a 
mark against the losing side. The object is 
to keep the score as low as possible. 

This may be varied by holding up a color or 
colors. The owners must recognize them and 
try to catch the plate. This demands quick- 
ness of perception. 

Device for word or sound drill 

A pupil stands at the front of the room. Word 
cards are distributed to the remainder of the 
class. They rise in turn and show their cards 
to the pupil at the front. He remains there 
until he has repeated a certain number of words 
correctly or until he fails. If he repeats all the 
words correctly he may choose his successor. 



THIRTIETH DAY 



Seat Work 



Copy short sentences containing the days of 
the week. 

Write the numbers as far as they know them. 

Put together puzzles made by cutting up ad- 
vertising cards. 

Language Game (Use of '*Saw'') 

Show the class some familiar object. 

What do you see ? 

Remove the object. 

What did you see ^. 

The pupil selects an object, and holds it up. 

What do you see in 's hand } 

Remove the object. 

What did you see in 's hand ? 

Send a pupil to the door. 

Whom do you see ? 

Tell the pupil to leave the room. 

Whom did you see t 

Continue until the interest flags. 

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Song Game 

The Rabbit in the Hollow 

(From ''Songs and Roundels. " Educational Publishing 
Company.) 

{Children form a circle. One in the center for the rabbit. 
Rabbit must close his eyes.) 

The circle moves around singing 

Rabbit in the hollow sits and sleeps, 
Oh, poor rabbit, are you ill. 
That you cannot roam at will? 

(Rabbit opens his eyes) 
Rabbit, hop! Rabbit, hop! Rabbit, hop! 

(Rabbit hops around) 

Rabbit, beware of the dog to-day, 

For his teeth are sharp they say, 

Better, better run away 

Rabbit, run! Rabbit, run! Rabbit, run! 

(Rabbit runs around circle) 

(The hunters enters the circle.) 

Rabbit, from the hunter hide. 

He will kill you with his gun. 

If you do not hide or run, 

Rabbit, hide! Rabbit, hide! Rabbit, hide! 

(Rabbit runs pursued by hunter. Ring tries to hold him, 
Ij he gets through he may choose the next rabbit) 



THIRTY-FIRST DAY 

Seat Work 

After the lesson has been read write part of it 
on the board, omitting the new words. The 
pupils must find the omitted words in their 
vocabulary boxes, then copy the lesson, supply- 
ing these words. The teacher may vary this by 
making a list of the new words for the pupils' 
use instead of requiring them to use the vocabu- 
lary boxes. 

Sense Training 

Objects from the Kindergarten Gifts — the 
cube, the sphere, etc. Ask one or two pupils 
to close their eyes and place their hands behind 
them. Give each child a form. He must 
recognize it by the sense of touch, give its name, 
and the name of some object that resembles 
it. Require complete statement. 

Game and device for drill 

Pin a word upon each pupil. Arrange the 

children in a circle with one child in the center 

holding a pointer. 

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Pupils dance around and sing: 

We children form a ring, 

No one goes in or out. 
We skip around so lightly 

The word turns about. 

Before the last line is sung, the pupil in the 
center points to some child in the ring. This 
must be done quickly or the interest will lag, 
and the game will be spoiled. 



THIRTY-SECOND DAY 

Seat Work 

Envelopes with short questions and answers 
on the outside. Words contained in the sen- 
tences in the envelopes. Pupils arrange the 
words in the order of the sentences on the en- 
velopes. 

Game and device for drill 

Place a row of word or sound cards on the 
blackboard ledge or write a list upon the board. 
Select two or three pupils for runners. Give a 
beanbag or ball to another child. Ask one of 
the pupils to call out one of the words or sounds. 
As she does so the child with the ball or bag 
throws it to some member of the class. 

The runners must try to get the word before 
the return of the bag or ball. The one who 
wins selects someone to take his place. 



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Motion Song 

(From "Motion Songs," published by the Educational 
Publishing Company.) 

Sides, waist, shoulders, head, clap, head: 
Sides, waist, sides, waist, clap, clap, clap. 
Hands on the waist, backward, forward, 
Now in the armpits, down, up, down. 
Left foot, right foot, left foot, right foot, 
Now on tiptoe, then down low we go. 
Left foot, right foot, left foot, right foot, 
Now on tiptoe, then down low. 



THIRTY-THIRD DAY 

Seat Work 

Repeat the drill on the days of the week. 
The pupils must write the day of the week at the 
top of their papers every day. 

Make little spelling books. Write some of 
the most difficult words in them. 

Paper cutting of some simple objects men- 
tioned in the lesson or appropriate to the time 
of the year. 



Sense Training Game {Touch) 

Send two or three pupils to the front of the 
room. Blindfold a couple of others. Change 
the position of the children. The blindfolded 
children must seek to recognize the others by 
sense of touch. 



Rhyme {Review) 

"Monday's child is fair of face/' etc. 

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Device for drill 

Call upon several pupils to give as many of 
the words they have learned as they can re- 
member. Write them in different places upon 
the board. Select four pupils. Call them North, 
East, South and West winds. Pretend the 
words are leaves. Arm the "winds'* with 
erasers. One member of the class repeats a 
word, the winds try to find it and see who can 
erase the word first. 



THIRTY-FOURTH DAY 

Seat Work 

Arrange the words of the lesson according 
to the number of letters they contain. 

on = 2 can = 3 

in = 2 for = 3 

an = 2 see = 3 

Distribute sentences made from familiar words, 
being careful to see that the sentences are not 
like those in the primer or reader. Each pupil 
is to copy his sentence, then try to read it to 
himself. 

At the conclusion ask the pupils to read all 
the sentences. 

Language ("The School") 

The class — its name. 

The name of the school. 

The street on which it stands. 

The teacher's name. 

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92 Seat Work and Sense Training 

The principars name. 

The lessons. 

Care of the books and other school property. 

Game 

(Select a keeper, a buyer. The remainder of the pupils 
are to receive names of birds and are to stand in a row.) 

Keeper {walking up and down) 

Many kinds of birds have I, 
Come, people, come and buy. 



Birds 



Bird Buyer 



We are birds so bright and gay, 
Catch us ere we fly away. 



Birds I'll buy, birds I'll buy, 
And from me you'll never fly. 

{He selects a bird) 

(The keeper claps his hands and the bird flies away. The 
buyer tries to catch it. If he succeeds he puts it in a 
corner and proceeds to buy more birds. If he fails he 
becomes a bird.) 



THIRTY-FIFTH DAY 

Seat Work 

Copy the name of the school. 

Write — I go to school. 

school is my school. 

Copy and arrange in sentences some of the 
difficult words from the lesson which have been 
scattered over the blackboard. 

Sense Training {Hearing) 

Several pupils rap upon articles in the room, 
while the class observes carefully. The pupils 
then close their eyes while the others repeat the 
raps. The pupils whose eyes are closed en- 
deavor to name the objects rapped upon. 

Language 

Repeat the lesson upon The School." 

Device for word or sound drill 

A circle to represent a target, containing 
many difficult words or sounds. Arm two or 

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three pupils with pointers for guns. A pupil 
repeats word or sound. The pupils with point- 
ers are to see which can find it the first. 



Stanza 



High and low the autumn winds blow, 
They drive the bees and blossoms away, 
And whirl the dry leaves over the ground ; 
They shake the branches of all the trees, 
And scatter apples and nuts around. 



THIRTY-SIXTH DAY 
Seat Work 

Cut oblongs of a certain length and width. 
Write phrase as: "I have'' or "It is" in each: 



I have 



It is 



Copy a short list of nouns in a column. Write 
them in another column and add "S." 

Sense Training and Drill {Memory Test) 

Show a word or sound card, then place at 
the back of the pack. Call upon a pupil to give 
the word or sound after the card has disap- 
peared. If perception cards are not used the 
words may be written upon the board, visualized 
and erased. 

Language 

The pupil's name. 

The number of the house and street. 

Review the lesson on school. 

Drill on the name of the city. 

Require complete statements in every instance. 

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Finger Play 

A Rhyme of the Week 

(From Primary Education) 

(This may be given as a finger play or motion exercise 
by the whole school; or seven little maidens, appropriately 
gowned for each day, may each recite one section. At 
the close, let the speakers step forward or back to form 
couples or groups of three and walk happily around the 
room ''to church." Then, when they reach their seats 
again, let all join in singing some hymn.) 



Monday 



Rub, rub, rub I 

Wring, wring, wring! 
Rinse, rinse, rinse! 

While we gaily sing. 
Take the clothes outdoors! 

Hang them on the line! 
Oh how white they look! 

Washing day is fine! 



Tuesday 



Sprinkle, sprinkle, sprinkle! 

Fold and roll and press! 
Lay them in the basket, 

Towel, sheet, and dress. 
Flat-iron's hissing hot! 

Oh but this is fun! 
Merrily we'll work 

Till our ironing's done. 



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Wednesday 

Stir, stir, stir! 

Beat, beat, beat! 
Roll, roll, roll! 

Such good things to eat! 
Cookies, cake, and pies, 

Bread and doughnuts, too; 
Oh, but baking day is great! 

Baking's pleasant to do. 

Thursday 

Shining little needle, 

Show us your bright eye! 
See the thread go through it! 

Sewing we will try. 
Pillow-case or apron. 

Pretty gown or sheet, 
How we love to sew them 

With our stitches neat! 
All the world in rags might stay 

Were it not for sewing day! 

Friday 

Sweep, sweep, sweep! 

Nooks and corners all 
Must be free from dust and lint 

Ere the shadows fall. 
Busily we ply our brooms! 

When our sweeping's done, 
Oh how nice our rooms will look, 

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Saturday 

Scrub, scrub, scrub! 

Floors are cleaned to-day: 
Merrily we scour and rub; 

'Tis as good as play. 
When we work with all our might, 

Rest is coming soon. 
JoUiest times in all the week come 

Saturday afternoon. 



Sunday 



Kling, kling, klingl 

Bells up in the steeple 
Swing and swing, 

Calhng to the people, 
"Smooth away the marks of care; 

Don a pretty gown! 
'Tis the time to go to church 

In country or in town. 
Sunday is the sweetest day; 

Tis the time to praise and pray. 

— Bertha E. Bush 



THIRTY-SEVENTH DAY 

Seat Work 

Ask the pupils to bring different kinds of 
leaves to school. 

Each pupil sews, cuts, or draws two. 

Fasten the cut leaves to strings stretched across 
the room, so that they may dance in the wind. 

Color the leaves and write a sentence about 
each. 

Sense Training and Language 

Observation of leaves. Comparison — differ- 
ence. Select one type for study. 

Compare it with the other leaves. Show 
the similarity — the difference. 

Compare the color, arrangement of veins, 
mid-rib, stem, indentations. 

The answers must be given in sentences. 
Avoid the use of "I see." Question to obtain 
a different expression from each pupil. 

Device 

A memory test. Write a word upon the 
blackboard. Pupils visualize. Erase. Ask for 

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the word. Write two words — erase — call for 
the words. Continue until the list is exhausted. 



Po 



em 



Sleepy Leaves 
(From Primary Education) 

The leaves are growing very tired, 

They want to go to bed; 
They're wearing pretty gowns, 

All yellow trimmed with red. 

They'll have a frolic with the wind 

Before they go to sleep. 
Then slower, slower still they'll whirl 

Until they're in a heap. 

He'll sing them all a lullaby 
So sweet and soft and low; 

Then far away to Slumberland 

Each little leaf will go. — £. P. ikf. 



THIRTY-EIGHTH DAY 

Seat Work 

Copy carefully: 

The day of the week. 

The name of the school. 

The name of the street on which it stands. 

The name of the street on which the pupil 

lives. 
The name of the city. 
Give each pupil a hektographed list of words 
to cut and arrange according to a model given 
by the teacher. 

Sense Training Game {Hearing) 

Pupils play watch dog. Close eyes and pre- 
tend to sleep. One or two pupils designated 
by the teacher quietly leave the room. The 
remaining members open their eyes and en- 
deavor to tell how many and who have left the 
room. If they are unable to tell, the pupils who 
went out may call once or twice. Care must 
be taken to keep all the pupils from talking at 
once. 



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Device for a reading drill 

Name some of the pupils for the nouns in the 
lesson. Stand the class in line. Children take 
turns In reading. As each noun is mentioned 
the pupil having that name turns as in stage- 
coach. At the close of the reading period the 
pupils run on tip-toe to their seats. The last 
to reach his seat is "It" and must pay a forfeit 
subject to the decision of the class. 



THIRTY-NINTH DAY 

Seat Work 

Pupils make a list of the objects named in the 
lesson. Cut a few of the objects and write the 
name upon each. Copy a sentence containing 
each. 

Sense Training 

Draw upon the blackboard the pictures of 
some of the objects mentioned in the lesson. 
Children visualize carefully. Write the names 
of the objects in a list, being careful not to place 
them in the same order as the drawings. Pupils 
copy the names in the same order as the draw- 
ings or select the names from their vocabulary 
box and arrange in regular order. 

Language 

Place a number of objects or pictures in a 

line. Pupils make statements about them, as: 

"There is a horse." "This is a wagon." 

Ask them to name the largest, the smallest, the 

prettiest, the one they like best, the one they 

do not like; the color; uses. 

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Game 

The King's Chest 

Select a leader or a king. He doubles his fist, leaving 
the thumb sticking up, and places it on the desk. The 
next player grasps the king's thumb. The second player's 
thumb is grasped by the third, and so on until the tower 
is completed. 

The king then says What's that? 
The second player replies "A club." 
The king Take it off or I'll knock it off. 
{He continues asking and receiving the same answer 
until only his own hand remains.) 
They all question him What's that? 
King My chest. 

What do you keep in it? 

Bread and cheese. 

Where's our part? 

The mice ate it. 

Where are the mice? 

In the walls. 

What walls? 

The walls of the house. 

Whose house? 

My house. 

Where is the house? 

The fire burned it. 

Where is the fire? 

The water put it out. 

Where's the water? 



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The ox drank it. 
Where's the ox? 
The farmer killed it. 
Where's the farmer? 
Gone to town. 

" Mum- mum, for plum who speaks first or laughs must 
pay a forfeit. I am the king, I speak when I will." All 
must keep silent while the king tries to make them laugh 
or speak. If he succeeds the unlucky one must pay a 
forfeit. 



FORTIETH DAY 
Seat Work 

Cut furniture from catalogues. Mount and 
write the name under each. Or, cut the printed 
names from the catalogue and paste underneath. 

Draw or cut from a catalogue or old readers 
pictures of some objects. 

Write the new words over, around and in the 
pictures. The paper will appear as follows: 



bird 





girl ( ^^^-^^ run see ( flower ) has 

^"^ table 



Write the following sentences: 

Head is in the cap. 

Flower is in the jar. 

Bo is under the cap, etc. 

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Game and drill 

Select one pupil for a postman. Let him dis- 
tribute a word or sound card to each. These 
"letters" may be posted by repeating the words 
correctly. 

Language (Reproduction of Fable) 

1. Repeat the fable or story slowly and care- 
fully several times. 

2. Use short sentences and simple language. 

3. Illustrate if possible. 

4. Question pupils for the main points. 



FORTY-FIRST DAY 

Seat Work 

Distribute to each pupil a slip containing a 
number of words. 

Pupils read silently. 

Select the words from their vocabulary boxes 
and arrange in the order of the words on their sHps. 

Find sentences in the previous lessons con- 
taining the words. 

Arrange the sentences with the words from 
the vocabulary boxes. 

Vary by copying the words or sentences. 

At the close of the lesson the pupils must 
read the sentences to the teacher or one of the 
older pupils. 

Those who repeat the words and sentences 
correctly must write their names upon the paper, 
carefully adding a large E, and hand the paper 
to the teacher. 

Sense Training 

A cube, a sphere, a cylinder. Children com- 
pare objects in the room with one or another of 

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the forms — objects similar — objects composed 
of two forms. 

Insist upon complete statements. 

Language 

Continue the reproduction of the fable or 
short story. 

Repeat the fable again. 

Question the pupils. Write the answers upon 
the board. The pupils may not recognize every 
word, but they will be interested. 

Game 

Four pupils take their places as for London Bridge. 
The remainder of the class forms a line and marches under 
the bridge singing — 

We're looking for a {naming a flower), 
We're looking for a {name oj flower) 
And here's one now. 

The pupil caught chooses a captain and stands next to 
him. 

The next one caught joins hands with the first prisoner 
and helps to lengthen the arch. 

Vary by naming a pupil for each flower. The cap- 
tains have three chances to guess the flower name of the 
person caught. If they fail she is free to go on marching. 
At the close have a grand march or a grand chain as in 
the Lanciers. 



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Device for drill 

Distribute the cards as on the fortieth day. 

Pupils copy the words. 

When it is time to collect the cards call for 
them in the order in which they are arranged in 
the book — that is, suppose the words taught 
are arranged as follows: apple, an, it, is. The 
teacher calls for apple first, then an, then is. 
This will save much tiresome sorting after 
school. 



FORTY-SECOND DAY 

Seat Work 

The pupils who received "E" on the forty- 
first day are to receive a slip of another color 
containing a certain number of words. Those 
who failed receive the white slip again. Con- 
tinue the work as for the previous day. 

Sense Training {Concentration, Memory) 

Pupils memorize a short stanza containing 
familiar words in given time. 

Method 

1 Read the stanza to the pupils. 

2 Write it on the blackboard. 

3 Visualize the first line. 

4 Erase — repeat. 

5 Visualize second. 

6 Erase — repeat. 

7 Repeat first and second. 

Continue in this way until stanza is completed. 
Allow only a short time. 



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Game 

Sunbonnet Baby postals illustrating the days 
of the week. One child selects a card and shows 
it to the class. The pupils sing the appropriate 
verse from the *' Mulberry Bush." 

Language 

Oral reproduction of "iEsop's Fables" or 
the short story. 

Device for word or sound drill 

Sky-rockets upon the board. Write a word 
or sound on each rocket. 

The pupils send the rockets up by repeating 
the word or sound correctly. 

Poem 

Autumn 

The trees are now all yellow and red, 
And the nuts fall down to the ground, 

The children go shuffling through the leaves, 
They like the rustling sound. 

And since the school year is still young, 

The books are clean and new. 
The boys and girls must study hard, 

For holidays are few. 



FORTY-THIRD DAY 

Seat Work 

Copy all words ending in a certain sound. 

Count the number of words in all the short 
sentences. 

Write the figure corresponding to the number. 

The pupils are familiar with the period by 
this time, so that they may be required to count 
the number of periods. 

Sense Training 

Repeat some of the previous lessons. 

Language 

Ask the pupils questi«"n > that are in the reader. 
Write some of them upon the board. Pupils 
find in the lesson. Call attention to the mark 
at the end. Tell them its name. Ask them 
to find more. To read sentences that end with 
the mark. Give each row a different page of 
an old lesson. Request them to find the ques- 
tions and copy. 

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Game 

Follow My Leader 

Children follow teacher or a chosen leader around the 
room, imitating his actions. At the close of the game 
each pupil places his hands upon the shoulders of the 
pupil in front of him, and plays train. The pupil at the 
head represents the locomotive. This is rather a noisy 
game more suitable out-of-doors than in the school- 
room. 

Device for drill on words or sounds 

Pretend the words or sounds are squirrels 
which run away when repeated or erased. 



FORTY-FOURTH DAY 

Seat Work 

Make a list of words in the lesson according 
to the number of letters, as: 



do 


dog 


bark 


is 
he 


you 
not 


tree 
kill, etc 



Sense Training 

The teacher hums the air of a song. As 
soon as she stops the pupils sing the words, or, 
the teacher repeats the words and the pupils 
sing the air. 

Language 

Review the work on the question. 

Lead the pupils to ask questions about the 
objects in the room, colored pictures of flowers, 
animals, etc. 

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Device for drill on words or sounds 

Distribute to each pupil a paper containing 
a word or sound. Call upon each to repeat 
his word. As the words are repeated write 
them rapidly upon the board. When all have 
recited some of the pupils (preferably the dull 
ones) must be asked to go to the board, repeat a 
word, or sound, and erase it. 

Game \To quicken perceptive faculties) 

Allow some of the pupils to hide small ob- 
jects. Select others to see how many they can 
find in a short time. 



FORTY-FIFTH DAY 

Seat Work 

Cut oblongs of a certain measurement. Write 
a different combination on each, with the an- 
swer on the back, as: 



3+2 



Sense Training 

Tell a pupil to walk quickly to the clothing 
closet, teacher's closet, or a companion's desk. 
Return and tell what he saw. Allow other 
children to tell what the first child said. (En- 
courage a variety of expressions. Assist by 
careful questioning. 



Language 



Continue the work on The Question." 

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^ame 



Pupils stand in two rows. Call one the Reds, 
the other the Blues. The side next to each row 
is its goal. The teacher calls out "Red" or 
"Blue." The children in the line having that 
name run to their goal. The children in the 
other line must try to catch them before they 
reach it. Those caught are the prisoners. 
Continue playing until all or most of the pupils 
of a line have been made prisoners. 



FORTY-SIXTH DAY 
Seat Work 

To supplement the language lesson. 
Pupils sort the standard colors. Mount in 
the order of the spectrum. 
Write the name beside each. 

Sense Training and Language 

Throw the spectrum upon a sheet of white 
paper or a white wall. 

Pupils name the familiar colors. Call atten- 
tion to the arrangement. 

Give the names of the unfamiliar colors. Tell 
the pupils that the sunlight is made up of all these 
colors, and that the reason we see the green of the 
leaves is because the leaves take up all the colors 
except green. This green they give back to us. 

Device for word or sound drill 

A tree with sounds or words for nuts. Chil- 
dren pretend to gather the nuts for winter by 
naming the word or sound. 

Game 

Repeat the game from forty-first day, sub- 
stituting colors for flowers. 

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FORTY-SEVENTH DAY 

Seat Work 

Continue the work with the standard colors. 
Allow the spectrum to play upon the white 
paper or cardboard. The pupils must arrange 
their colored papers or tablets in the order of 
the spectrum. Copy the names correctly be- 
side each color. Added interest may be given 
to this if the name of each color is written in 
colored chalk. After the work has been com- 
pleted the pupils must study silently until they 
can name the colors in their order. 

Sense Training and Language 

Review the work on the prism again. Pupils 
select their favorite colors. Name something 
that has that particular color. Name some- 
thing that has a color designated by the teacher. 
Match the colors with the teacher's colors. 
Require complete statements each time. 



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Game 

Game of Colors 

(Give each pupil the name of a color, or pin colored 
paper upon them, or make colored caps for them.) 

Dance in a ring and sing 

We are six little fairies 
Sent by Father Sun. 
We kiss the tiny rain-drops 
And then our work is done, 
Leader 

Little Fairy Red, tell me, I pray, 
What you are doing the livelong day? 

Red answers 

I fly to the cherry, rose and peach. 
And leave a kiss on the cheek of each. 

Red turns to Yellow 

Little Fairy Yellow, I wish you would say 
What yoU'Ve been doing the livelong day. 

Yellow answers 
Down in the green grass I play 
With dandelions, daisies and buttercups gay. 

Joins hands with Red and they both say to Orange 
Little Sister Orange, bright and gay. 
What is your work every day? 

Orange 
Away in the south when the days are fair, 
I paint the coats of the oranges there. 



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Yellow to Blue 
Little Fairy Blue, tell us, we pray. 
What did you do all this bright day ? 

Blue 

Way up in the sky and in flowers on the ground, 
My color you'll see I've scattered around. 

Blue and Yellow to Green 

Fairy Green, Fairy Green, look this way, 
Tell us your work this lovely day 

Green 

All day long I'm busy as bees 

Coloring the grasses and the leaves on the trees. 

All Colors to Violet 

Violet, Violet, tell us, we say. 
What has your work been to-day ? 

Violet 
I smile on pansy faces as they look at the sun : 
I shine in the clouds when the day is done. 

Leader 

Little Color Fairies, playing here together, 
What do you do in stormy weather? 

Colors 
After the rain when the sun gives its light 
We form in line to make a rainbow bright. 

{Form in spectrum. Dance round and sing first stanza 
again,) 



FORTY-EIGHTH DAY 

Seat Work 

Continue drill on standard colors. 
Sort and arrange colored papers, tablets. 
Simple statements in arithmetic, as: 

3 — I = 3 — ,? = I, etc. 

Sense Training and Language 

Match the colors with papers held by the 
teacher. 

Match colors with each other. 

Find their own colors on the color chart. 

Require complete statement for answers. 

Device for word or sound drill 

Draw ears of corn upon the blackboard. 
Write a word or sound in each. Pupils eat the 
corn by repeating the words or sounds correctly. 

Game 

Repeat the color game from the Forty-seventh 

Day. 

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FORTY-NINTH DAY 

Seat Work 

Repeat some of the work from the previous 
lessons, selecting something that has proved diffi- 
cult. If a phonic system of reading is used 
copy the sounds which have been learned and 
place a word containing the sound beside it. 
The pupils must examine the pages of the reader 
for these words. 

Sense Training Exercise 

Place the color chart before the class. Call 
upon the best pupils to select two others. One 
takes the pointer, the other a colored slip. The 
one with the colored slip shows it to the child 
with the pointer, then to the class. The one 
with the pointer points to the same color on the 
chart. The class affirms or negatives his at- 
tempt. These two children then select two more 
if the color has been matched correctly. Vary 
by calling upon three pupils — one to point, 
another to hold the colored slip, and a third to 

write the word in colored chalk. 
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Device for word or sound drill 

Pupils represent pigeons. The word cards 
are the food. 

Game 

Continue the Color Game. 



FIFTIETH DAY 

Seat Work 

Pupils measure two inch squares. Write 
a name of a color in each. 

Lay questions from the lesson with word 
cards. Copy the questions. 

Sense Training and Language 

If the majority of the pupils are reasonably 
familiar with the standard colors, take up the 
simplest tints and shades. It will not be neces- 
sary to go into the matter very deeply. 

Roll a sheet of colored paper like a cylinder. 
Call attention to the fact that the side turned 
away from the light is darker than the real color. 
Show the pupils the color and its tints and 
shades. Ask them to select all the lighter colors. 
Repeat with the other standard colors. Give 
the word Tints. 

Require complete statements: 
This is a tint of red. 
This is a tint of green, etc„ 

Game 

The Color Game. 

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FIFTY-FIRST DAY TO FIFTY-FIFTH 

DAY 

Seat Work 

Sew, cut, draw, color kite, wind-mill, weather- 
vane, trees bending in the wind. 

Cut clothes on a line blowing in the wind, 
boys chasing hats or anything suggestive of the 
winds work. 

Lay a kite and a wind-mill with sticks. 

Make pinwheels. 

Sense Training 

Review the points of the compass. (See 
lesson for Twelfth Day.) 

Language C*The Wind'') 

Name things that tell us the wind is blowing. 
(Smoke, clouds, leaves, weather-vane, etc.) 

Winds named from the direction from which 
they come. 

What each wind tells us. (North wind — 
cold; South Wind — warmth, etc.) 

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Uses of the winds 
Spring Wind 

Soft and gentle. Blows away the dead leaves 

and branches. 
Purifies the air. 
Tells the birds to come back, the seeds to 

come up5 turns the girls' pinwheels, flies 

the boys kites. 

Summer Wind 

Soft and gentle, too. Blows the clouds in 
great heaps, so that we have heavy 
showers; makes cool breezes, blows the 
sail-boats along, etc. 

Autumn Wind 

Scatters seeds. Shakes the nuts and fruit 
down from the trees, tells the birds to fly 
south; scatters the leaves over the earth to 
make better soil and to form a blanket for 
the seeds and roots. 

North Wind 

Rough and boisterous. Brings the Ice King. 
Comes from the North and makes people 
gather close around the fire. Helps Jack 
Frost freeze the ponds. 



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Other uses 

Dries up the roads after the rain. 
Dries the clothes. 
Turns the mill to grind the corn. 
Turns the wheel on the water tower. 
(Show pictures of windmills of Holland.) 
Blows the ships along — speak of Columbus, 
Pilgrims, Henry Hudson. 

General effect 

Changes the appearance of the land par- 
ticularly along the coasts. 

Sand-storms, sand-hills, tornadoes, cyclones, 
etc. 

Memory Gem 

Whichever way the wind doth blow, 
Some heart is glad to have it so; 
So blow it east, or blow it west, 
The wind that blows — that wind is best. 

Story "The Wind and the Sun." 

Suggestion Keep a small weather-vane upon 
the desk and ask the pupils to turn it in the right 
direction each day. 



FIFTY-SIXTH DAY 

Seat Work 

Give to each pupil an envelope containing the 
standard colors with their tints and shades. 
He must select all the tints and place them to- 
gether; then all the shades. Lastly arrange 
a color scale according to a model made by the 
teacher. 

Language 

Read Stevenson's "Dumb Soldier" to the 
class. 

Give a brief talk upon the duties of a soldier: — 
what each pupil can learn from the soldier, his 
obedience, neatness, etc. 

Try to make the pupils see that all are good 
soldiers and that each has his battle to fight. 
Teach the first part of the poem. 

Game 

Select a leader. Pupils march about the 
room. The leader or teacher gives orders 
which must be obeyed instantly. Failure to do 

so results in loss of place or a forfeit. 

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FIFTY-SEVENTH DAY 

Seat Work 

Introduce small alphabet cards. Make the 
new words with the cards. 

Copy short sentences from the blackboard. 
The teacher must be careful to give more ques- 
tions than statements as most children have 
difficulty with the former. 

Sense Training 

Show color scale. Pupils visualize. Remove 
the scale. Pupils make with tablets. 

Language 

Continue the lesson on the soldier and the 
teaching of the poem. 

Motion Song 

Fife and Drum 

(Marching Song) 

(Tune— "Nancy Lee") 

(From "Motion Songs." Published by Educational 
Publishing Company.) 

(A part of the school sing at first. Let the pupils drum 

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upon the desks in the places where it is appropriate and 
march at the words, "Ho, there's the merry, merry fife," 
continuing the marching as long as it rests and pleases 
them. Let all begin to sing at the words, " Oh yes, we all 
can hear it now." Drum sojtly at first.) 

Hark! hark! we thought we heard a drum, 

A drum, a drum, a drum, a drum. 
Oh yes, we can all hear it now, 

Hurrah, the merry, merry drum ! 
Now louder, louder, louder, yet the gay sound grows; 
Perhaps they're coming up this way, who knows, who 
knows ? 

Oh rub-a-dub-dub, a-dub-dub a-dub, the old drum goes, 

Rub a-dub, a-dub, a-dub, 

Ho, there's the merry, merry, merry fife so gay 

Calling us away, calling us away; 

The dear old drum says come, we come, 

O you jolly, jolly fife and drum. 

(Repeat Second Strain) 

Oh rub-a-dub-dub, a-dub, dub, a-dub, dub, dub, dub, 

old drum, old drum; 
We've run away for a holiday, we come, we come. 
We'll follow, follow, follow you, it is such fun. 
You jolly, jolly fife and drum. 

(Let the children clap at ''Hurrah.^') 

— Blanche Konkle 



FIFTY-EIGHTH DAY 

Seat Work 

Each pupil examine a different page for words 
contained in a list upon the board. Count the 
number of times each word appears. Copy 
each word once. 

Envelopes with duplicate letters of the alpha- 
bet. Pupils sort and place all duplicates to- 
gether. 

Measure strips of paper, write the number 
of inches upon each. 

Sense Training and Language 

Pupils station themselves in different parts 
of the room. 

Teacher Where is .? 

Pupil is on the east side of the room. 

Teacher What is she doing ? 

Pupil She is jumping, or singing. 

Teacher Where is and what is she 

doing ? 

Third Pupil is on the east side of the 

room and she is . 

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This may be varied by the pupil asking, 
*' Where am I? Where am I?" 

Or 

Place the following picture upon the board: 




The Lesson 

What is in the picture ? 
What is on the water ? 
What kind of a boat is on the water ? 
For what is it used ? 
Where is it going, etc. ? 

What do you think is in the water? (Fish, 
shells, sea-weed.) 



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If this were real what colors would you see ? 

What would you hear ? (Ripple of the water, 
men's voices, flapping of the sails, call of the 
night birds, etc. 

Movements — of the water, the boat, the 
buoy, clouds, birds, etc. 

If it were night, what would you see ^ (Moon, 
stars, night birds, moths, lights on the shore, etc.) 

Poem 

The Row-boat and the Water Lilies 

(A Finger Play) 

(From Primary Education) 

Let's play our seats are pretty boats. 

How many boats there are! 
And see, here are our trusty oars, 

(Arms extended at sides oj desk) 

To row them near and far. 

Now rowing, rowing, rowing so, 

(Move arms as if rowing) 
All in the bright June weather, 
We row, and row, and row, and row, 
And dip our oars together. 

(Move arms as ij rowing) 

Now let us rest awhile right here, 

(Hands folded on desks ) 
And pick the lilies v/hite, 

(Motions as if picking lilies) 



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How pure they are with golden hearts, 
Now dainty, sweet, and bright. 

See, all the flowers are picked, and now 
We'll tie them up and then, 

{Motion to tie up bouquet) 
We'll take our trusty oars once more, 
And row back home again. 

(Repeat rowing motion) 

— Maude M. Grant 



FIFTY-NINTH DAY 

Seat Work 

Sew, cut, draw, color a horse. 

Sew, cut, draw, color a wagon. 

Sew, cut, draw, color things to be carried in 
the wagon. 

Place five difficult consonants with words 
containing them in envelopes. Pupils match 
consonants to its word, copy and write a sen- 
tence for each one. If the pupils cannot write 
original sentences allow them to look in their 
readers. 

The papers should appear as follows: 
r-rat. The rat is brown, 
m-man. See the strong man. 

Sense Training 

Repeat some of the former lessons. 

Language ("The Horse") 

Ask the pupils to bring pictures of horses. 
Size. 

Color. 

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Limbs. 

Hoofs — the shoeing of a horse. 

Tail — use — cruelty of docking. 

Head 

Face — nose. 

Mouth — teeth — manner of drinking. 

Ears. 

Eyes. 
Food. 
Bed. 
Habits. 
Care. 

Emperor William's Maxims 

Don't pound or beat me. 

Cover me when I am too warm or too cold. 

Don't stand me in a draft. 

Don't cut my feet too much when I am shod. 

Don't overload me. 

Don't work me when I am sick. 

Don't overdrive or underfeed me. 

Remember that I have feelings. 

Don't water me when I have been driven a 
long distance, until I am cool. Sponge out 
my mouth first. 

Speak to me kindly. 

Treat me as you would like to be treated if 
you were a horse. 



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Device for drill 

Draw a number of cages upon the board. 
Write a word or sound in each. The words 
are birds which are set free when repeated cor- 
rectly. 

Rhyme 

*T had a Httle pony," etc. Found in " Mother 
Goose Rhymes." 



SIXTIETH DAY 

Seat Work 

Write some of the blend words in diflferent 
places upon the board. The pupils are to copy 
the words, arranging them in families as they 
write. That is — all the words containing "in" 
in one list; all those containing "an" in an- 
other. 

Sense Training and Device for Drill 

To train the ear, assist with spelling and de- 
velop a vocabulary. 

Provide each pupil with a strip of paper, send 
a bright pupil to the board. 

Dictate as follows: 

Think of "an" and write "can.'' Pupil at the 
board and pupil in the seats write "can." 

Think of ''an" and write "man." 

When this combination has been exhausted, 
take up another and continue until all the com- 
binations have been exhausted, or until the 
time has expired. 

Language (Continue the lesson on The Horse") 

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SIXTY-FIRST DAY 

Seat Work 

Sew, cut, draw, color or model fruits. 

Write the correct names upon each. 

Cut fruits from seed catalogues. Make little 
booklets. Paste a different fruit on each page. 
Write the name and a sentence under each. 

Cherry The cherry is red. 

Plum The plum is purple. 

Sense Training Game and Language 

Pupils distinguish between different fruits 
by sense of touch, smell and taste. 

Device for drill 

Scatter some of the words from the pupils' 
vocabulary boxes on the desks. Tell the chil- 
dren the room is an orchard. The cards are 
fruit. The pupils gather the fruit by repeating 
the words correctly. 

Riddles 

Oh, once I was a blossom, 
A dainty little elf, 

I dwelt upon the tree-top, 

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All day, I swung myself. 
I left the sunny orchard 

Where robin redbreasts carol, 
To winter in the cellar, 

Deep in a dark, old barrel. 
Such streaks of red and yellow 

My pretty cheeks do dapple — - 
I'm a merry little, mellow 

Little, round, rosy — Apple! 

Round, and as purple 

As purple can be, 
Steeped in warm sunshine, 

You surely know me. 
I make rare jellies 

Of shimmering shapes. 
Just help yourself to 

A big bunch of — Grapes! 

I am fragrant — juicy — fair, 
I've a flavor, rich and rare, 
Tough, thick coat of green I wear, 
With a jolly, jaunty air. 
I've a heart with you to share. 
Smooth black seeds are hidden there, 
Who will guess me? Have a care. 
Though I'm one, I'm called a — Pear! 

With skin of soft velvet, with pulp sweet as honey, 
I grew in the orchard in days warm and sunny, 
'Tis said that I have but a stone for a heart, 
But I'll make you a dumpling, or fine, flaky tart, 



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Take a sniff — smack your lips — I'm just out of reach, 
Now, guess, if you can. I'm — a — plump — pinky — 
Peach! 

I'm a gay, saucy fellow, and I bring good prices, 
Just pare me, and quarter me, and cut me into slices, 
I'll make such a sauce, rich enough for any prince. 
Though I'm nothing at all but a commonplace — 
Quince! 

I'm a very little fruit in a very little corner. 
You always think of me when you do of Jack Horner, 
I'm going in a cake — if you'll put in your thumb, 
I'm sure you will find me — a little red — Plum! 



SIXTY-SECOND DAY 
Seat Work 

Sew, cut, draw umbrellas. 

Fold an umbrella (see directions in Primary 
Education). 

Make a border of umbrellas. 

Give each pupil a card containing a picture 
and several new words. 

The pupils are to make sentences about the 
picture, using the new words. 

Give each pupil a number of pictures with 
the names attached, and several duplicate words. 
Pupils match the words and the picture. 

Paste the border of umbrellas upon paper and 
write the rhyme, **Rain, rain, go away," under 
the border. 

Language (A lesson on "Rain") 

The Weather Bureau at Washington, D. C, 
will send pictures of the various clouds correctly 
named. 

Condense steam on slate. Refer to the win- 
dows on wash day. By illustrating show that 

the more vapor and the colder the slate or win- 

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Seat Work and Sense Training 145 

dow the greater the condensation. The small 
drops form larger ones and become so heavy 
that they run down the slate or pane. In the 
same way the cold winds touch the vapor and 
rain results. 

Effects of rain upon the earth — springs, 
rivers, etc. Drink for plant and people. 

What does the sky look like during a rain 
storm ? 

Where does the sun go ? 

Where do the people go ? 

What animals like rain ^ 

Action Poem 

Where do you come from, 

Little drops of rain? 
Fitter patter, pitter patter, 

Down the window-pane. 
I cannot go outside to play, 

I've nothing else to do, 
But just sit here the livelong day 

Wishing I could play with you. 

{Repeat the -first stanza) 

Motions 
First Stanza 

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Lines 3 and 4. Tap lightly on the desk. 



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Lines i and 2. Shake head; shrug shoulders. 
Line 3. Elbow on the desk. Pretend to look out of an 
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Seat Work 

Write two sentences for each new word. 

Make the name of the city with the alphabet 
cards. Copy. 

Puzzle pictures — cut up Sonbonnet postals 
representing the days of the week. Pupils put 
them together and copy the names of the days. 

Language (Continue the lesson on the '^Rain") 

Game 

The Hunter 

Select one pupil for the hunter. Name several others 
for his things; cap, coat, gun, etc. 

The teacher must tell a story about going hunting. 
As she mentions each name the children rise as in Stage- 
coach, turn and come forward to the front of the room, 
where they stand in line. Without a moment's warning 
the hunter cries ''Bang!" The pupils must try to get to 
their seats as quickly as possible. The last one is "It" 
and has to perform some action suggested by the class. 

Device for Word Drill 

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SIXTY-FOURTH DAY 
Seat Work 

Cut paper doll baby, her clothes, toys, crib. 
Write the names on each. 

Each pupil lay a different paragraph with 
the word cards, then copy. 

Sense Training 

Detect the difference between the coins by 
sense of touch. 

Language 

Lesson on the common coins. 

Names — description of each — metals. 

Comparison as to size, color, general appear- 
ance. Teach United States money. 

Device for word or sound drill 

Arrange word or sound cards upon the black- 
board ledge. 

The teacher says: 

"Pick an apple." 

"Show me can." 

"Take the baby." 

The pupils select the cards containing the 
words called for, hold them up to the class and 

repeat. The class confirms the pupil's work. 

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SIXTY-FIFTH DAY 

Seat Work 

Sew, cut, draw a barn, animals, cart, farm 
implements. 

Fold a barn. Lay a fence. 

Cut pictures from agricultural catalogues. 
Mount and paste or write the names beside each. 

Sense Training 

Measure objects or strips of paper. Com- 
pare measurements. 

Language 

Review the farmer's work during the different 
seasons. 

Spring 

Preparation for planting. Work for the sun, 

wind and rain. 
Who sends them ? 

Summer 

Plants the farmer raises. 

Uses of these plants. 
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Autumn 

The harvest. 

To whom must we give thanks ? 

Winter 

Grain and vegetables all stored. 
Care of animals — all things protected from 
the cold. Benefit of snow. 

Game 

The Farmer's Daughter 

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A country Hfe's a happy Hfe, a country life for me. 
I ^ like to work about the farm, I also like to play — 
You can catch me if you can, I'm going to run away. 
3 Run, run, run, run, Catch the farmer's daughter, 
Run, run, run, run. Catch the farmer's daughter. 

Directions 

A ring of girls, hand in hand. In centre, farmer's 
daughter marches round, hands behind. At 2, she 
dances round the ring, holding a handkerchief aloft, and 
at away she throws it over the shoulder of any girl in 
the ring, who then runs after her, till she is caught. 

1 All march round in a ring. At me all clap hands 
once, turn quickly round to face outwards, and join 
hands again. 

2 Dance round, hand in hand, facing outwards. 

3 All let hands go. Turn faces towards ring, and clap 
hands to time, singing chorus till farmer's daughter is 



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Seat Work 

Sew, cut, draw skates, snow-crystals. If 
the snow-crystals are cut from white tissue paper 
and mounted on a dark background they will be 
more effective. 

Copy a list of words meaning one. Copy 
again and add ''S." 

Sense Training 

Detect articles of wood, iron, wool, etc., by 
sense of touch. 

Language ("Snow") 

Review Rain. 

Action of the cold winds upon the moisture 
in the air. 

Time of year in temperate climates — in cold 
countries. 

Found on the ground, roofs, fences, trees in 
temperate climate. 

All the time on the tops of mountains in warm 
and temperate climates. 

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All over in cold countries. Speak of the 
depths in cold countries. 

Size of flakes. 

Shape — color — weight (a single flake very 
light — heavy in bulk. Damage done. 

Uses 

Warmth — combined with the leaves and 

grasses keeps the ground warm. 
Protects roots of plants and grasses. 

"Warmth for all the tender roots. 
Warmth for every living thing." 

Device for word or sound drill 

Words or sounds as snow-balls. Draw the 
balls on the board. Write a word or sound in 
each. If the pupils can repeat the words or 
sounds correctly the snowballs melt (are erased). 

The Weaver 

There is a wonderful weaver high up in tne air, 
He weaves a white mantle for cold earth to wear, 
With the finest of laces he decks bush and tree, 
On the brown barren meadows a cover lays he. 
But this wonderful weaver grows weary at last, 
The shuttle lies idle that once flew so fast. 
Then the sun looks abroad at the work he has done 
And says, "I'll unravel it just for fun." — Sel. 



SIXTY-SEVENTH DAY 

Seat Work 

Select letters from the letter cards illustrating 
the familiar sounds. Copy one word and sen- 
tence for each. 

Model — cl — clear. It is a clear day. 

Sense Training 

Repeat the lesson from the previous day. 

Language 

Continue the work on Snow." 

Device for drill 

A match between boys and girls to see which 
side can repeat the most words correctly. 

Motion piece 

The Snow Storm 

^ All the sky was dark and gray, 

On that chilly, winter day; 
* In the woods and on the hill 

Every tree was bare and still. 

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2 Whirling, dancing, to and fro, 

Came the feath'ry flakes of snow, 
^ Floating down — the pretty things! 

Just like birds with soft, white wings. 
^ Covering everything from sight 

With a robe of purest white; 
^ Where the flowers lay asleep, 
^ Soon was spread a blanket deep ; 
^ Warm and safe, they rest below 

While the howling north winds blow. 

Directions 

1. Both arms slightly raised. Look upward. 

2. Both arms raised straight overhead to imitate boughs 
of trees. 

3. Arms held as in 2. Flutter fingers to imitate snow. 

4. Float both hands slowly downward, fluttering 
fingers. 

5. Hands held down at side with palms toward floor. 

6. Look downward. 

7. Hands, with palms downward toward the floor. 
Move outward with a spreading motion. 

8. Drop head to side and rest cheek on both hands 
held palms together. Close eyes as if asleep. 

— Eleanor Cameron 



SIXTY-EIGHTH DAY 

Seat Work 

Copy ten specified words. Select five and 
copy a sentence from the book for each. 

Sense Training 

Repeat two lines of a poem. Test to see 
whether any pupil can repeat it. Insist upon 
strict attention. If this work is continued the 
pupils will soon learn to concentrate their attention 
and will learn any short poems in a given time. 

Language (A lesson on The Months") 

Begin with the present month. 
Ask for the preceding month. 
Try to get as much information from the chil- 
dren as possible, then supplement. 
Repeat the first three months. 
Insist upon complete statements. 

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Poem 

The Procession of the Months 

Cold January's winds that rage and blow 
Will heap deep drifts and banks of snow. 

Pale February's melting snow and rain, 
Will make the streams o'erfiow again. 

March winds — like wand 'ring flocks of sheep 
The clouds across the sky will sweep. 



SIXTY-NINTH DAY 

Seat Work 

Copy the names of the first three months. 
Select the names of the first three months from 
cards made by cutting and mounting the head- 
ings of calendars. 

Sense Training 

Ask the pupils to bring whistles. Distinguish 
difference in sound. 

Language ( The yionxhs!'^ —continued) 

Repeat the names of the first three months. 
Drill on the second three. 
Require complete statements. 

Game 

Name pupils for the first six months. Choose 
a leader. The leader calls for the first month, 
the third month, etc. As each month is called 
the children having that name stand and say, 
"I ." A child who forgets to stand when 

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the number of his month is called must write 
the name and the number of the month upon 
the board. 

Device for word or sound drill 

Place word or sound cards along the black- 
board ledge. Send two children to the front of 
the room to take turns in naming, repeating the 
words or sounds. 



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Repeat the three verses already learned. 
Continue. 

April brings the violet sweet, 
Scatters daisies at our feet. 

Apple blossoms come in May, 
But they soon fly away. 

June is queen among them all, 
Roses blossom at her call. 



SEVENTIETH DAY 

Seat Work 

Continue copying the names of the months. 
Build with letter cards. 

Language ( The Months'' — continued) 

Repeat the names of the months already 
learned. 

Teach the next three. 

Drill on all that have been taught. 
Game 

Pin the name of a month on each child. 
Spin a wooden or tin plate and call out the 
name of a month. The owner of the name must 
pick up the plate before it stops spinning or pay 
a forfeit. Increase the interest by calling more 
than one name. 

Poem 

Hot July brings storm and showers, 
Peaches, cherries and more flowers. 

In August the farmer rakes the hay, 
He works in the fields every day. 

In September the school-bells call 
To summon the children one and all. 

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SEVENTY-FIRST DAY 

Seat Work 

Copy sentences containing the names of the 
months. 

Sort and arrange in regular order the names 
of the months. (Use the headings of calendars 
for this.) 

Sense Training 

Use of hard and soft in connection with ob- 
jects. 

Language 

Complete the lesson on ( The Months")- 

Game 

Repeat the games of the preceding days. 

Review the poem of the months. Teach the 
concluding verses : 

October paints the pretty leaves, 
The corn is gathered into sheaves. 

Chill November waits to see 
December brings the Christmas tree. 
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SEVENTY-SECOND DAY 

Seat Work 

Write the alphabet in columns. Arrange 
the words of the lesson in alphabetical order. 

A — and. 
B — boy. 
C — can, etc. 

Sense Training 

Ask the pupils to bring spices and to recog- 
nize them by the sense of taste and smell. In- 
sist upon complete statements. 

Finger Play 

The Cake 

Do you want to make a cake? 

Be sure fresh eggs to take. 
^ Break them open, one, two, three, 

For it must be rich you see. 
^ Now begin to swiftly beat 

Eggs and butter, sugar sweet. 

Just a minute, please, now halt! 
3 Don't forget a pinch of salt. 
^ Raisins, currants, citron, spice. 

These will help to make it nice. 

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^ Gently now the sieve you lift 

And into the mixture sift 
^ Flour enough to make it right, 

Not too heavy, not too light. 
^ Next we take a buttered tin, 
^ Quickly turn the batter in. 
^ As you open the oven door, 
^° Do not spill it on the floor. 

Now quickly shut it in, 

This nice batter in the tin. 
" Slowly rise and slowly bake, 
^^ Then we'll have a lovely cake. 

Motions 

1. Break eggs into an imaginary bowl. 

2. Beat eggs, butter together. 

3. Sprinkle salt. 

4. Put in fruit. 

5. Lift sieve and sift flour. 

6. Stir. 

7. Butter an imaginary tin. 

8. Turn out mixture, scrape bowl. 

9. Open imaginary oven door, put cake into oven. 

10. Close door. 

11. Pretend to clear up. 

12. Open door — lift out cake. 

Nursery Rhymes "Pat-a-cake, pat-a -cake," etc. 
Story "The Gingerbread Boy." 



SEVENTY-THIRD DAY 
Seat Work 

String beads, placing a certain number of 
each color together. Sort before stringing to 
avoid too frequent counting by ones. 

Copy all the sentences in the reading lesson 
containing the word ''I.'' 

Language 

Lesson on The Sheep" 

Baa! Baa! black sheep, 
Have you any wool? 

No, sir. Yes, sir. Three bags full. 
One for my master; one for his dame; 
One for the little boy who lives in the lane. 

Toy Iamb, pictures of lamb, flock of sheep, 
shepherd, collie, articles made from wool. 

Points to he presented 

Sheep live in a flock. 

Father has horns — called a ram. 

Mother called a ewe. 

Baby, a lamb. 

Shepherd and dogs to take care of them. 

The sheep pen or fold. 

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Sheep 

Appearance 

Body — Covering 

Limbs 
Number — Shape 
Feet cloven 

Head — Eyes, Nose, Ears 
Mouth — Teeth 
Food and habits. Call of the sheep. 
Compare with the cow. 
Difference in size and general appearance. 
Difference in habits. 
How the wool is obtained. 
Flesh — of the sheep — of the lamb. 
What the sheep gives the little boy — the 

little girl, the mother, the father. 

Game 

Choose a leader and two dogs. Each leader selects 
a certain number of pupils for his flock. After the selec- 
tion has been made the pupils mingle together. The 
leaders and their dogs at a signal begin to separate their 
sheep from each other. The one who finishes first wins. 
Any pupil who tells must be barred from further play. 

Rhymr "Little Bo-Peep." 



SEVENTY-FOURTH DAY 

Seat Work 

Sew, cut, draw a sheep. 

Make sheep pens with sticks according to 
certain measurements. 

Make Httle booklets and write short sentences 
about the sheep in each. 

Sense Training 

Select articles made of wool from those made 
of cotton. 

Language 

Continue the lesson on The Sheep" 

Device for drill 

Show two word or sound cards quickly. 

Place at the back of the pack. Ask the pupils 

to name the words or cards shown. As soon as 

the pupils become proficient in repeating two 

words, increase the number. 

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As I walked over the hill one day, 
I listened, and heard a mother sheep say, 
In all the green world there is nothing so sweet 
As my little lammie, with his nimble feet; 

With his eyes so bright 

And his wool so white, 
Oh! he is my darling, my heart's delight." 

And the mother sheep and her little one 

Side by side lay down in the sun; 
And they went to sleep on the hillside warm, 
While my little lammie lies here in my arm. 



SEVENTY-FIFTH DAY 
Seat Work 

Copy all sentences containing the word "you." 
After the lesson on the orange has been given, 
let the pupils plant the seeds in egg shells or in 
small flower pots. These will grow, produce 
tiny plants which will grow and flourish for 
many years. 

Sense Training and Language 

Ask the pupils to bring orange-colored objects. 

Select orange-colored objects from others. 

Blend red and yellow to produce orange color. 

Make a color scale of red, orange and yellow. 

Or 
Qualities of the orange discovered by the senses. 
Game Simon says, ''Thumbs Up" 

(This is a very old game, but it develops 
quickness of perception.) 

Device for word or sound drill 

Draw a large wagon on the board. All 
pupils who can repeat a certain number of 
words correctly may ride in the wagon and go 

to a picnic. 

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SEVENTY-SIXTH DAY 

Seat Work 

Make a list of all the new words in the reading 
lesson. Make a list of ten old ones. 

Cut inch squares. Let each pupil select 
his favorite stanza or paragraph from one of 
the reading lessons. Write a word from the 
paragraph or stanza in each square. Shuffle 
and arrange correctly. 

Language 

Lesson on the Seasons. 

Review the months. 

Review the number of months in the year. 

Call attention to the kind of weather. Tell 
them the name of the season. (Very few first 
grade children will know this unless they have 
had kindergarten training.) 

Repeat the names of the months which make 
up the particular season. Drill on the name of 
the season. 

Story 

Repeat the story of the Twelve Wonderful 

Wise Men. 

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SEVENTY-SEVENTH DAY 

Seat Work 

Copy the name of the season taught and the 
months which make up that season. Build 
the name of the season with alphabet cards 
several times. 

Sense Training 

Give the term "small." Ask a pupil to select 
a small child. Place a smaller one beside him. 
Give the term *' smaller." Compare several in 
this way. Pupils say Mary is small; Jennie is 
smaller; or Jennie is smaller than Mary. Com- 
pare several children or objects. Cut strips 
of paper. Compare, **My paper is smaller than 
Jennie's paper," etc. 

Language 

Continue the study of the seasons. Drill on 
the names of the seasons and the months con- 
tained in each. 

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Game 

Pupils form a circle with one child on the out- 
side. The child on the outside runs quickly 
around the circle and touches one of the pupils. 
This pupil must leave his place and run in the 
opposite direction from the one on the outside. 
The object is to see which one can win the vacant 
place first. 

Device for drilling on the alphabet 

Distribute a letter card to each pupil. Write 
the letter "A'' upon the board. The pupil hav- 
ing the A card steps to the front of the room. 
The other pupils are to repeat the name of the 
letter, then find '^A" in a number of words. 
Take up *'B" in the same way. 



SEVENTY-EIGHTH DAY 

Seat Work 

Copy the names of all the seasons. Write 
the name of each season and the three months 
contained in each. 

Language 

Ask the pupils to bring articles made of cotton. 

Collect pictures of cotton fields, a small bale 
of cotton, a cotton boll. 

The Clark's O. N. T. cotton concern will send 
an excellent exhibit on application. Use this 
exhibit as the basis of the lesson. 

Obtained from a plant. 

The seeds are sown in rows, about four or 
five feet apart, late in March or April. 

The plant grows from four to six feet high. 

The blossoms are pale yellow or faint purplish 
color. 

The pods ripen in August or September. 

Process of preparation. 

Seeds separated from the cotton fibre by a 

machine called a cotton-gin, 

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Fibre packed in bales and sent to market. 

From market to the factories where it is spun 
into thread and woven into cloth. 

Raised in the warm parts of the United States, 
West Indies, South America, Africa, China, 
and India. 

Device for word or sound drill 

Pretend the room is a cotton field. The cards 
are the bolls. Pupils pick (take and name) a 
certain number of words in a given time. 



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Sing, oh sing for the cotton plant! 

Bravely may it grow, 
Bearing in its seeded bolls 

Cotton white as snow! 

Spin the cotton into thread; 

Weave it in the loom; 
Wear it now, dear little child, 

In your happy home! 

When you've worn it well and long, 

Will it worthless be? 
No; a book made from this dress 

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Sort the rags and grind to pulp; 

Weave the paper fair; 
Now it only waits for words 

To be printed there. 

Thoughts from God to man sent down 

May these pages show. 
Sing, oh sing for the cotton plant, 

Bravely may it growl 

May ten thousand cotton plants 
Spring up fresh and fair. 

That words of wisdom and of love 
O'er all the world shall bear. 



SEVENTY-NINTH DAY 

Seat Work 

Mount articles made from cotton or small 
pieces of cotton material. 

Mount and copy or write sentences under 
each piece. 

Example article — a piece of thread. Sentence, 
Thread is made of cotton. 

Pupils ask questions about the cotton boll. 
The teacher writes these questions on the board 
for the pupils to copy. 

Sense Training 

Distinguish articles made from cotton from 
those made from wool or silk. 

Language 

Continue the lesson on Cotton." 

Game "Round the Valley" 

Pupils take sides and raise and join hands 

as for London Bridge. One child goes in and 

out of the arches thus formed, until he finally 

chooses a partner. 

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Song 

Go round and round the valley, 
Go round and round the valley, 
Go round and round the valley, 
As you have done before. 

Go in and out the window, 

Go in and out the window. 

Go in and out the window. 

As you have done before. 

Go in and face your partner. 

Go in and face your partner, 

Go in and face your partner. 

As you have done before. 

{The two then continue to weave in and out the arches,) 



EIGHTIETH DAY 

Seat Work 

Find and copy all the words containing a 
certain combination of letters. 

Copy or write original sentences containing 
the words. 

Sense Training 

Postal cards of a few of the most important 
buildings. Test the pupils' knowledge of these 
points of interest. In the more advanced grades 
the pupils may be required to locate the build- 
ings and write statements about them. 

Language (Use of the pronouns.) 

Teacher You may walk to the door, Ella. 

What did you do ? 

Ella I walked to the door. 

Teacher What did Ella do, Mary .? 

Mary Ella walked. 

Teacher Tell Ella what she did, John. 

John You walked to the door. 

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Florence She walked. 

Teacher You may walk, John. What did 
he do, Ella ? 

Ella He walked to the door. 

Teacher You may walk to the door, Ella and 
John. What did you do ? 

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1. Dance round, hand in hand. 

2. All stop. Time slow. Take a lunge to left with 
left foot and hands, as in illustration. Position. 

3. Same to right. Position. 

4. All join hands. Bend knees slightly in downward 
motion. 

5. Raise joined hands. Arms upstretched. Rise on 
toes. 

Repeat 4 and 5. 

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EIGHTY-FIRST DAY 

Seat Work 

Sew, cut, draw bees. 

Cut, draw, sew or make with gummed dots 
the hive. 

Copy sentences containing the names of persons 

Sense Training and Language 
Materials 

The comb, some honey, and a piece of wax. 
Quahties of the honey discovered by the 
senses. 

Lesson on the Bee 
Family 
Queen — lays eggs. 
Drones, males — do no work, killed in time 

of famine. 
Workers 

Characteristics 
Longer tongue. 

Very large hind legs with pollen bas- 
kets, six pockets on the under 
side of the body from which wax 

may be excreted. 
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Duties of the workers 
Gather honey. 
Take care of the young. 
Feed the queen. 

Ventilate and keep the hive clean. 
Build the cells. 
Sense and sight very acute. 



The Busy Bee 

How doth the little busy bee, 

Improve each shining hour; 
And gather honey all the day 

From every opening flower. 

How skillfully she builds her cell, 
How neat she spreads the wax. 

And labors hard to store it well 
With the sweet food she makes. 

In works of labor and of skill 

I would be busy too; 
For Satan finds some mischief still 

For idle hands to do. 

In books, or work, or healthful play. 

Let my first years be passed. 
That I may give for every day 

Some good account at last. 

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EIGHTY-SECOND DAY 

Seat Work 

Fold or lay with sticks the box-shaped hive. 

Fold a little book. Write a few sounds on 
each page. Write a word containing the sound 
after each. 

Language 

Continue the lesson on The Bee." 

Game 

Pupils take sides. One pupil stands in the middle. 
The teacher whispers the name of a flower to each child. 
The child in the middle says, "I am going into my garden 
to pick flowers. I shall pick roses and lilies." The 
two children having the names of the flowers mentioned 
change places. The child in the middle must try to 
slip into one of the vacant places. Vary by naming four 
flowers. After trying several times the leader says, "I 
picked all my flowers. The pupils must all change places. 

Device for word or sound drill 

A chalk box to represent a wtW. Place some 
of the difficult words in the box. Pupils draw 
the words out of the v/ell. 



EIGHTY-THIRD DAY 

Seat Work 

Copy all the questions from the lesson. 
Copy five statements. 

Language (Use of *'See" and "Saw") 

Hold up a box. Come here, Marie. 

What do you see in the box ? 

Go to your seat .? What did you see ? 

What did Marie see, children t 

You may look, George. What did you see ? 

What did George see .? 

Show to two children. 

What did you see .^ 

What did they see ? 

Device for review 
A spelling match. 

Motion Piece 

The Rosebud 

At first it was a ' round, hard ball 
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^ It had no pretty red at all, 

But soon this ball "^ began to grow. 

And ^ slow and sure ^ it swelled each day, 
The ^ leaves that curled so close about 
^ Began to softly draw away, 

^ And soon a soft, red leaf peeped out. 

^° One day the green leaves drew aside, 
" Bright crimson petals spread apart 
" To shed their perfume far and wide 
And let us see the rose's heart. 



Directions 

1. Double up right hand into a tight ball. 

2. Place hands and finger tips tightly together to 
shape a rosebud. Hold hands in a vertical position. 

3. Emphasize by shaking hands. 

4. Shape fist and hold it closely (do this at the be- 
ginning of the line). Look at the ball intently and then 
slowly unclose hand. 

5. Continue the slow opening of the hand. The 
side or little finger end of the hand should be held down- 
ward. 

6. Shape the two enclosing leaves as in motion No. 2. 

7. Let the palms draw slightly away from each other, 
in order to give the bud an appearance of growing. 

8. Slightly separate the finger-tips. 

9. Look downward into the opening, made by the 
separation of the three central finger-tips. 

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knuckles downward) into the hollow of the left hand. 
Close the fingers of the left hand closely about the sides 
of the right hand. At the words, "One day the green 
leaves drew apart," slowly straighten out the fingers of the 
left hand. Make as good an imitation of sepals as 
possible. 

11. Slowly open the fingers of the right hand to form 
a cup shape imitation of an opened flower. The fingers 
should move gradually into shape. 

12. Look into the "flower" that has just been shaped 
by the two hands. 



EIGHTY-FOURTH DAY 

Seat Work 

Envelopes with duplicate letters of the alpha- 
bet. Sort and place all duplicates together. 

Use stencil cards. Write the name under 
each. Copy a sentence for each. 

Language 

Continue the lesson on "See'' and ''Saw." 

Game " Tit-tat-toe " 

Draw a large tit-tat-toe for each row. 

Select two pupils from each row. 

At a signal they all start to play. The ob- 
ject is to see which couple will finish first. They 
may choose two others from their row. 

Device for review 

Draw a large circle on the board. Write 
words around the edge. Tell the pupils they 
may ride on the merry-go-round if they can re- 
peat the words correctly. 
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Motion Piece 

Our Sunbeam 

Dear little boys and girls are we — 
Each one working as hard as three. 
In the morning, when we rise, 
We think of Him beyond the skies — ' 
Of Him who keeps us thro' the night 
And ever helps us by His Might. 

Before we go to school, you know, 
We use soap and water — so — ^ 
Then necks and faces clean will be — ^ 
Ears and teeth, we must rub — see — "^ 
With a comb our hair we fix — ^ 
Some of us are up at six. 

With a knife, we clean our nails ^ 
So none of them can carry tales, 
Telling we've not tried to do 
What our teacher told us to. 
Handkerchiefs, so nice and white,^ 
We have with us day and night. 

Little bootblacks we must be — 
Rub, rub, rub — one, two, three, ^ 
Till heel and toe look nice and clean — ^ 
Brighter boots were never seen; — 
Boots as bright as each glad face 
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Breakfast soon! Oh! we'll be there — 
Epxh one so polite, take care — ^° 
Don't be naughty, mean or bold 
So as to make dear mother scold. 
At the table we'll not cry 
If she should chance to pass us by. " 

Little boys must raise hats — on the street — " 

If a teacher they should meet. 

Always early — that's Our Rule 

In this pleasant, happy school. 

We don't forget that sweet word "Please," 

Our little friends we never tease. 

"Good-morning," and "Good-evening," say,'^ 
The first and last thing every day. 
When we are hig, big boys,^^ 
Too big for any little toys — 
Oh! how bright will each day seem 
If we make "Good Manners" our "Sunbeam." '^ 

Motions 

1. Pupils point with right hand, heavenward. 

2. Motion as if rubbing hands and face with soap. 

3. Point to necks and faces. 

4. Motion as if cleaning ears and rubbing teeth. 

5. Motion as if combing hair. 

6. Motion as if cleaning nails with a knife. 

7. Children hold their handkerchiefs in right hand, 

8. Motion as if rubbing boots with a brush. 

9. Point to heel and toe, all together. 



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10. Forefinger of left hand held up — as a warning. 

11. Move right arm very slowly from the body to the 
right to denote "the passing by." 

12. All the boys put their right hands to their heads 
as if they were about to raise their hats. 

13. Children bow their heads very politely. 

14. Hands extended to denote the height of a youth 
and higher to denote that of a man. 

15. A lovely smile on each little face. 

— Lizzie E, Kelly 



EIGHTY-FIFTH DAY 

Seat Work 

Cut leaves and flowers from fruit and flower 
catalogues. Use them as models for freehand 
cutting. 

Underline the known words on pages cut from 
old First Readers. 

Language ( This — That ") 

Teacher {holding a hook in her hand) "This 
is my book." 

{Placing on the desk) "That is my book." 
{Taking up a pencil) "This is my pencil/' 
{Giving the pencil to a child) "That is my 
pencil." 

Repeat this with several articles. Then re- 
quire the pupils to do the same. Try the class 
first, then individual pupils. 



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Continue "Our Sunbeam." 

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EIGHTY-SIXTH DAY 

Seat Work 

Place a list of words along the top of the 
board, as: 

fan sit seat mat 

Pupils make lists that rhyme, using the words 
from their vocabulary boxes, or writing them 
on paper. They must be allowed to refer to 
their books, otherwise they may make up 
words. When the pupils have finished send one 
to the board to complete each list. The work 
on the board will appear as follows: 



fan 


sit 


seat 


mat 


man 


it 


eat 


fat 


ran 


pit 


meat 


pat, etc. 



Write or copy the numbers to five. Write out 
the combinations of the number five. 

Language 

Short talk on kindness to old people. 

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Teach 

Be kind and be gentle 

To those who are old, 
For kindness is dearer 

And better than gold. 

Game 

Dramatize the reading lesson. 

Device for review 

Draw a labyrinth upon the board. Write 
words in various parts of it. See how many 
can go through it by repeating all the words 
correctly. Do not make the lines too compli- 
cated. 



EIGHTY-SEVENTH DAY 

Seat Work 

Pupils find difficult sight words in their read- 
ing lesson using a list written on the board by 
the teacher as a guide. 

Write the numerals from one to ten in a column 
and write the word for each beside it. 

Language 

Review the talk on kindness to old people. 
Begin talk on kindness to animals. 
Teach the following pledge: 

I promise to be kind to all the animals I can, 
In every place I can, 
In every way I can. 

Game 

A Potato Race 

Give two or three children a spoon. Place a potato 
on each. The children must start at a signal and run 
to a certain point without dropping the potato. 

Device (to turn blend words into sight words) 

Place a list of blend words upon the board. 
Sound them. Then call upon pupils to repeat 

without blending. 

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The Poppies 

Quite early in the morning, when ^ the sun is shining bright, 
I go into the garden ^ where the slender poppies grow, 

And there I see them ^ standing in the pretty golden light, 
"^ All nodding, nodding, nodding to and fro. 

^ And if you go at evening, when the sky is golden red, 
And look at ^ all the poppies as they stand so slim and 

gay, 

^ You'll find each one is nodding still, a sleepy, heavy 
head. 
^ I wonder what they dream about all day ! 

Directions 

1. Spread out arms to show extent of sunshine or 
point toward the east. 

2. Right hand, with palm downward, held about height 
of seat to show tallness of flowers. 

3. Look downward. Body held slightly over to one 
side. 

4. Nod heads sleepily. Say this line in a rather 
murmuring fashion with subdued and drowsy voices and 
retarded time. 

5. Look up brightly as if addressing some one. 

6. Look downward. Hand held out at side as before. 

7. Nod heads as before. 

8. Look up suddenly and recite the line in a wonder- 
ing manner. 



EIGHTY-EIGHTH DAY 

Seat Work 

Each child selects his favorite lesson and 
makes a list of the stock or blend words. 

Copy the questions and answers from the 
lesson. 

Language 

Name things that can run, grow, fly, sing, 
swim, walk, climb, melt, hiss, sail, ring, bite, 
twinkle. Require complete statements. 

Device for review 

Copy or write spelling. Each paper repre- 
sents a ticket. Only the holder of perfect 
tickets are to be allowed to leave at the first 
bell. 

Poem 

Repeat *'The Poppies/* 

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EIGHTY-NINTH DAY 

Seat Work 

Simple addition examples. 
Fold a schoolhouse. Write the names of all 
the things in the schoolhouse. 

Language (Study of a Memory Gem) 

Hands were made to be useful, 

If you teach them the way. 
Therefore, for yourself or your neighbor 

Make them useful every day. 

Show me your hands. 
Tell me what you mean by useful. 
Compare the pupils hands with the babies' 
hands — with the hands of an older person. 
Who teaches the babies' hands to be useful ? 
How can your hands be useful .? 
How can they be useful in school .? At home ? 

Once there was a poor old woman who was very thirsty. 
Three ladies were sitting beside a spring. When they 
saw the old woman they asked her to tell them which one 
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had the most beautiful hands. She asked for a drink of 
water. Two told her to help herself, the third gave her 
a drink. The old woman said the one who gave her the 
drink had the most beautiful hands. Whv ? 

See whether you can tell me what the verse 
means without any help. 

Poem 

Repeat some of the former poems. 



NINETIETH DAY 

Seat Work 

Write in words all the numerals from one to 
nineteen. 

Write in figures all the numerals from one to 
nineteen. 

Language ("The Fish") 

Material — A globe with a few goldfish. 

Notice how the fish moves about. 
What does he use in swimming .? 
How does he turn in the water 'i 
How many fins has he .? Position. 
With what is he covered ? 
Notice how he breathes. 
Explain that he cannot breathe out of water, 
because the gills become dry and close. 

Notice the eye, its shape. Has it any lids ? 

Outline to supplement the Observation Lesson 

Where do they live ? 

Shape — reason for that particular shape. 
General appearance. 
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Seat Work and Sense Training 201 

Parts 
Head 

Eyes — no eyelids — dull when dead 

— beautiful when living. 
Ears — not visible — sharp hearing. 
Nose — keen scent — different shapes. 
Mouth — position — use — formation. 
Teeth — sides of jaw; upper jaw. 
Sometimes on tongue and throat. 
Double and single. 
Body — covered with scales — a bony struc- 
ture. Scales covered with slime which 
exudes from tiny tubes near the mouth. 
Enables fish to slip through the water 
easily. 
Scales — hard but of many pieces. Notice 

graceful movements. 
Fins — single — grow from the skin. 
Tail — a single fin — a rudder. 
Gills — extract air. 

An air bladder under the backbone 
helps the fish to float. 

Blood — cold. 

Produced — from eggs, laid in the sand, on 
stones, attached to weeds, float on water, 
in nests, in cases, sometimes carried in 
the father's mouth. 



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Food 

Other fish. 
Insects. 
Seeds. 
Plants. 
Kinds 

Shell fish 

Oysters, clams, lobsters, crabs, mussels, etc. 
Fresh water fish 

Pickerel, trout, perch, etc. 
Deep sea fish 

Cod, halibut, blue fish, mackerel, etc. 
Uses 

Food. 

Glue, oil, fertilizer (menhaden). 
Shark — gelatine, leather. 
The Cossacks have small fish which they dry 
and use as a light. When it is no longer needed 
it is eaten. 

Americans were the first to preserve fish on ice. 

Device for review 

Words or sounds written upon small fish 
cut or drawn by the pupils. Place these fish 
in an imaginary pond. Each child selects a 
fish. If he can read the word written on it he 
may keep the fish. Whoever has the most fish 
at the end of the lesson wins. 



NINETY-FIRST DAY 

Seat Work 

Sew, cut, draw, a fish, a globe for the fish. 

Make a large spelling book in the shape of a 

fish. Write the new and difficult words in it. 

Language 

Continue the lesson on The Fish" 

Action Poem 

The Three Little Fishes 

Three queer little fishes lived down in the sea, 
^ As blithe and happy as fishes could be; 

At night they slept soundly in one little bed, 
^ Then up in the morning when darkness had fled ; 

They could not rise sooner, for twixt you and me, 
^ They do not burn gas far down in the sea. 

^ These little fishes liked nothing but fun, 

And swam about wildly till daylight was done; 
5 They knew not their letters, A, B, C, and D, 
^ They could not count twenty, nor spell M, E, Me. 



And as they grew larger more silly grew they, 
Still caring for nothing but frolic and play ; 
'^They laughed and they scampered and stood on their 
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^And played many tricks on the slow water snails; 

One day as they frolicked up came a great whale, 
^ And these silly fishes got under his tail. 

Their wise little playmates swam quickly away, 
^° But these silly fishes went on with their play ; 
They climbed on his shoulder and over his head. 
And tickled his nostrils without any dread; 
They laughed and they shouted like boys in a boat, 
" Till the whale gave a snap, and they slipped down his 
throat. 

Motions 

1. Imitate the action of swimming. 

2. Hands in position and set upright. 

3. Point with the finger and shake the head as if 
telling something serious. 

4. Repeat as for i. 

5. Shake the head and look sorrowful. 

6. Express surprise. 

7. Smile, move the hands quickly as for swimming, 
set hands upward. 

8. Pretend to throw missiles at an imaginary snail. 

9. Curved motion of the hand in the shape of a 
whale. 

10. Left hand swim away. 

1 1 . Left hand form whale's mouth — snap at the three 
fingers of the right hand and pretend to swallow them. 



NINETY-SECOND DAY 

Seat Work 

Copy all words ending with a certain letter. 
Copy and illustrate a list of words written by 
the teacher. 

Sense Training 

A list of the objects in the room upon the 
board. 

The teacher or some child points to a word 
and calls upon another pupil. The child must 
go to the object immediately. It is well to 
call upon the dull children for the large objects, 
reserving the smaller and less conspicuous 
things for the bright pupils. Vary by pointing 
to the object and requiring the pupil to find 
the word. 

Language ("The Dandelion") 

Material — A dandelion for each child. The 

whole plant if possible. 

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Where found 

Yards. 
Parks. 
Roadside. 
Fields. 

Parts 

Long. 

The root. 

Thick. 

Contains milky juice. 

Takes in nourishment for the plant. 

Flower stalks 
Smooth. 
Brittle. 
Leafless. 
Hollow. 

Spring directly from the root. 
Contain a milky juice. 

Leaves 
Smooth. 

Bright shining green. 
Taper to a point. 
Many indentations. 
Used as salad. 



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Buds 
Long. 
Green. 

Flower head 

Composed of many little flowers. 

Golden yellow. 

Close at night and during rain. 

Seed 

Very small. 

Attached to fine gray down. 

Distributed by the wind. 

Food 

Air, sun, rain. 

Use 

Make the fields look pretty. 
Leaves used as salad. 
Mild wine. 
Medicine. 



NINETY-THIRD DAY 

Seat Work 

Copy with sticks a simple design which the 
teacher has drawn upon the board. 

Copy a certain number of review words. 

Look through some of the advanced reading 
lessons for some of the old words. 

Language 

Continue "The Dandelion." 

Device for reviewing words 

The teacher writes a word upon the board, 
calling upon a pupil at the same time. She 
erases as soon as she has written the word. 
The pupil must spell the word immediately. 

Poem 

The Dandelion 

There's a dandy little fellow, 

Who dresses all in yellow — 

In yellow, with an overcoat of green : 

With his hair all crisp and curly. 

In the spring-time, bright and early, 
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Seat Work and Sense Training 209 

A-tripping o'er the meadows he is seen. 

Through all the bright June weather, 

Like a jolly little tramp; 

He wanders where the grass is fresh and green. 

But at last this little fellow 

Doffs his dandy coat of yellow, 

And nodding in the sunlight he is seen. 

The little winds of morning 

Come a-flying through the grass. 

And clap their hands around him in their glee. 

They shake him without warning — 

His wig falls off, alas! 

And a little bald head dandy now is he. 



NINETY-FOURTH DAY 

Seat Work 

Sort and place all words together which be- 
gin with the same sound. Make a list. 

Sense Training and Device for Reviewing 
Words or Sounds 

Pupils visualize a list of words or sounds. 
After the list has been erased make the list with 
the letter cards. 

The list must be very short and composed of 
difficult words or sounds. 

Language ("The Dragonfly") 

The Dragonfly 
Its parts 
Body 

Shape, like a cylinder. 
Wings 

Oblong, gauzy 
Legs 

Crooked, six. 



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Seat Work and Sense Training 211 

Head 

Oblong. 
Eyes 

Oval, very bright. 
Feelers 

Curved. 

Eggs 

Deposited upon stems of rushes or 
other water plants below the sur- 
face of the water. 

Hatched by the heat of the sun during 
the warm weather in summer. 

Larva or grub 

Resembles a bug with large eyes and six 

long legs. 
Very active — walking or swimming 

in the pond it inhabits. 
Eats the larva of mosquitoes and other 

insects. 
Aids in diminishing and removing 

swarms of obnoxious insects. 

The Pupa 

When the larva outgrows its skin, it 
splits at the back and the insect 
crawls out. 



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Continues to live in water. 
Lives chiefly upon the larva of mos- 
quitoes. 
Pupa too large for its skin. 

Climbs up on stem of plant to the surface of 

the water. 
Skin splits and the insect emerges. 
Remains motionless for an hour or two. 
Body and wings harden. 

A powerful flyer. Can fly in all directions. 
Food 

The full-grown mosquito. 

Summary 

Eats mosquitoes and flies. 
Useful to man. 

Perfectly harmless — no sting as popularly 
supposed. 



NINETY-FIFTH DAY 

Seat Work 

Draw the objects in the lesson. Write their 
names. Copy sentences about them. 

Language 

Continue the lesson on The Dragonfly." 

Device for drill 

Cards on the desks of one or two aisles. 
Pupils on line. One child passes rapidly up 
the aisle repeating the words on the cards. He 
may stop an)rwhere along the line and call upon 
another to complete the work or he may con- 
tinue to the end of the row. Substitute new 
words very often. 



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NINETY-SIXTH DAY 

Seat Work 

Write the names of the objects in the picture. 
Select and copy words containing a certain 
number of letters. 

Language Game 

Write the following expressions upon the 
board: 

Is there — ^Was there — Are there — ^Were there 
There is no — There are no — There was no 

The teacher holds an object behind her back. 
The children question or make statements 
using the combinations upon the board, as: 
Is there an apple in your hand ? 
You have an orange behind your back, etc. 

Device for drill 

Scatter cards around the room. Tell children 
that they are little pigs which must be driven from 

the garden. 

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NINETY-SEVENTH DAY 

Seat Work 

Pupils look through supplementary readers 
for familiar words. 

Read some of the lesson in the supplementary 
books as a preparation for sight reading. 

Language ("The Birds") 

Material — Perry Pictures of birds. 

Body — Covering. 
Tail — Shape, size, use. 
Wings — Shape, size, use. 
Bill — Shape, size, use. 

Fitted for different kinds of food. 
Toes — Number and arrangement. 
Different uses. 
Habits. 
Sounds. 

Eggs — When laid. 
Care of young. 
Usefulness of birds. 
Work of the Audubon Society. 

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How good Americans can help to preserve 
the birds. 



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Repeat the Bird Game from the thirty-fourth 
day. 

Device for drill 

Words or sounds as birds. They fly away 
when repeated correctly. 

Poem 

The Ten Birds 

(A Finger Play) 

(From Primary Education, May, 1905.) 

First is a bobolink, just hear him sing! 
Second, a blackbird, with a red wing. 
Third is a blue jay — what a fine crest! 
Fourth is an oriole, high hangs his nest. 
Fifth is a house wren, tiny and dear; 
Sixth is a robin, "Cheerily cheer!" 
Seventh, a woodpecker, "Rap-a-tap, tap!" 
Eighth is an owl in his all-day-long nap. 
Ninth is a cardinal, rose-red his coat; 
Tenth is a mocking-bird, hear his gay note! 
Fly away, birdies, each to your nest ; 
Daylight is gone, and the night is for rest. 

— Mrs, Charles Norman 



NINETY-EIGHTH DAY 

Seat Work 

Pupils draw a circle and arrange the numerals 
as on a clock face. 

Sense Training 

Procure one or two clocks or watches and test 
the children's hearing. 

Have them close their eyes and distinguish 
the difference between the ticking of the watch 
and the clock. Compare the watches and clocks. 

Show the difference — the similarity. 

Language (A Lesson on Time") 

Count the numbers on the face of the clock. 

Show a clock dial with movable hands. 

Pupils make hands for their dials. 

Show them the hour hand. 

Have them move it so that it points to the 

different hands. 

As soon as they can locate the hours, show the 

minute hand. 

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Ask them to count the minute — to locate 
the half hour — the quarter hour. 

Game 

Pupils stand in a circle. One child in the 
center for the pendulum. 

Pupils move backward and forward, while the 
pendulum swings from side to side. 

Song 

Tick, tock, tick, tock. 

Listen to the little clock. 

Swinging, swinging all the day, 

This is what it has to say — 
{All stand still and shake their fingers in admonition 
while they recite) 

The clock's quiet voice says tick, tick, tick. 
Do what you're told and be quick, quick, quick. 
{Circle revolves again, singing the first verse.) 



NINETY-NINTH DAY 

Seat Work 

Sew little clock dials. These can be bought 
from any kindergarten dealer, or the pupils may 
make their own. 

Language 

Review the lesson on the clock. 

Continue. 

Count the minutes again. Show the children 
how the minute hand moves. Set the large 
dial and ask them to tell the time, first setting 
their own dial. 

This may be made more interesting if each 
hour is associated with something within the 
child's knowledge. 

12 = the dinner hour. 
I = school time. 
3 = school dismissed, etc. 

Device for drill 

A ladder. Write girl's name on the top 

round. Tell the pupils she can get down. 

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How many will go up and get her ? Place words 
on the rounds. Whoever can name the words 
correctly is said to rescue the girl. 

Sixty seconds make a minute, 
How much good can I do in it? 
Sixty minutes make an hour, 
All the good that's in my power. 
Twenty hours and four a day, 
Time for work and sleep and play. 
Days three hundred sixty-five, 
Make a year for me to strive. 
Right good things each day to do 
That I wise may grow and true. 



ONE HUNDREDTH DAY 

Seat Work 

Sew, cut, fold, draw and color butterflies. 

After cutting and coloring paste the body 
upon paper and fold the wings back as if flying. 
Or, fasten several to a string. 

Fold tissue paper in butterfly shapes and 
fasten with a doll's clothespin. 

Make butterfly booklets and write the new 
words in them. 

Language ( The Butterfly") 

Body 

The division. 
Color. 

Legs and claws 
Number. 

Head 

The eyes and mouth. 
Feelers, the tongue — its uses. 
Difference between those of the moth and 
butterfly. 

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Wings 

Color. 

Joined to the body. 

Closed back to back when resting on a 
flower. 
Produced from an egg 

Egg develops into a caterpillar. 
Caterpillar into a larva. 
Larva into a pupa or chrysalis. 
Chrysalis into the butterfly. 
Food 

Honey from the flowers. 
Short life. 

Device for drill 

Words or sounds are butterflies. They fly 
away when named. 

Butterflies 

Butterflies are pretty things, 
^ Prettier than you or I ; 
^ See the colors on their wings — 
Who would hurt a butterfly? 

3 Softly, softly, boys and girls. 

He'll come near us by and by; 
^ Here he is, don't make a noise — 

We'll not hurt you, Butterfly. 



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^ Not to hurt a living thing, 
Let all little children try, 
^See, again he's on the wing; 
^ Good-bye, pretty butterfly. 



Motions 

1. Bow at the word ''you" and point to the chest at 
the word "I." 

2. Hands like butterfly wings. 

3. Speak softly. 

4. Speak quickly. 

5. Shake the head. 

6. Point as the butterfly is in the air. 

7. Kiss the hand. 

Butterflies 

Fly, white butterflies, out to sea. 
Fly, pale wings, for the wind to try; 
Small pale wings that we scarce can see. 
Fly, fly. 

Some fly high as a laugh of glee, 
Some fly soft as a low, low, sigh. 
All to the haven where each should be. 
Fly, fly. 

— Swinburne 



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